[cbhl]

Operating a domain registry and issuing EV certificates require different levels of trust.

Don't read too much into Alphabet/Google using other gTLDs instead of .com, like https://abc.xyz or https://blog.google -- that's separate work done by separate people on a separate team.

[CydeWeys]

We are in contact, though. Don't read too little into it either ;)

[kuschku]

From my own experience with TLDs, .com, .info, etc are the worst to deal with. It’s insane how wrong they get the TRANSFER process, and everything.

On the other hand, I’m positively surprised by how well DENIC (.de) handles it all.