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by pbreit 3962 days ago
How do you explain that pretty much every very large successful company has its straightforward .com? And why do you not place any significance in that?
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It's .com for historical reasons. Today most startups wont be able to afford a proper .com name, but as they grow more and more successful they will.

So PG is right that a .com is important but not for the reasons he seem to indicate.

That you can acquire a proper .com is a manifestation of your success it is not the base of your success. And that is how his essay comes of at least to me and many others.