[shock]

> Public Interest Registry is a mission driven non-profit registry and currently has no specific plans for any price changes

This means nothing. It's like when you get the hiring paperwork and the HR person says regarding the non-compete: "oh, don't worry about it, it's not enforceable"...

[ohashi]

They already raised prices higher than .COM. Trust us, it's fine isn't a defense. If it's not in writing, it doesn't matter. For an organization already making 30M profit on a monopoly that was gifted to them, and in a world where the registry providing actual services (afilias) has prices decreasing, there is essentially no way to ever 'need' to charge more. Only greed.

[danShumway]

Exactly. If it's not an issue or it's not enforceable, then why not put it in writing?

[ohashi]

Because then they would be accountable. This whole process was a sham, I wrote about it https://reviewsignal.com/blog/2019/07/01/icann-fails-the-int...

The contract was written behind closed doors and approved exactly as proposed. The public comment period was a sham (no surprise).

[bdowling]

I don’t understand the comparison because non-compete agreements are unenforceable by law in California, which would explain an HR drone telling you so. As far as I know, there’s no law preventing the Public Interest Registry from raising prices.

[some_random]

Ah yes, California, also known as The Entire Known World.