[bhartzer]

Honestly I don’t think it’s a cash grab for icann. There are plenty of registries that are making plenty of money, as well as domain owners selling the domains in the aftermarket.

The reason the new tlds were needed is the lack of options for buying a new domain. I know plenty of smaller biz and startups who couldn’t get the dot com they wanted and ended up choosing a really good keyword rich new tld.

[luckylion]

> Honestly I don’t think it’s a cash grab for icann.

Wasn't it $10k upfront to have your application for a new gTLD considered? This times ~1200 ... works out quiet good.

[bhartzer]

The application fee for a new tld is $185,000 not $10,000.

[luckylion]

Oh, thanks, I must've had something else in mind. So it's a ~$220m deal for ICANN.

[pexaizix]

To me potato.app is as sketchy and shitty as getpotato.com. They simply say "I wanted to buy potato.com but I couldn't"

[ocdtrekkie]

Is steampowered.com sketchy? Even incredibly large companies often can't get the domains they want because they were bought twenty years ago by some Joe Schmo.

[Spivak]

steampowered.com is super sketchy. It's just that most people use the Steam client and it's been around enough time for it to sink in.

Like if an app tried to register apppowered.com it would definitely hurt its image. Obviously massive players are above the rules somewhat.