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by lioeters 2406 days ago
The letter itself: https://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/ICA-Letter-to-ICANN-Bo... [PDF]
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I have certainly taken the internet's infrastructure for granted at times. Can someone who follows this more closely say something about how this is likely to play out?

The profit motive is helpful in some areas, but it can just wreck service-related fields.

The profit motive is helpful when it comes to providing incentives to innovate. There's no room for innovation here - it's purely a cash grab.
See all of the new TLDs as an example of a cash grab, we all know how they are going to play out once the internet phenomenon peters out