Reply to post: Re: Protection Racket

Internet industry freaks out over proposed unlimited price hikes on .org domain names

Jellied Eel Silver badge

Re: Protection Racket

Wut? And completely violate ICANN's business model?

I like this bit-

.. the price caps are an outdated control mechanism in an increasingly competitive market.

Which I guess is from my old-fashioned view of competition. So causing prices to fall, not rise. But caps prevent poor, hard working registrars from implementing an e-auction when it's time for renewal.

Sadly, consumers generally get ignored, eg people in the UK would remember energy prices rising above $100/barrel for oil that isn't used in our generation. Or ask why prices are still rising when gas prices that are used have been falling.

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