[jasonjayr]

It becomes a "tragedy of the commons" situation unless there is some regulation of this one shared namespace. Even the FCC has "use it or lose it" rules in place for the limited wireless spectrum.

I mean, isn't that what's happening with property in real life? The ones that can afford to do so keep buying it up, and renting it out, and perpetuating the cycle of inequity?

[buboard]

There is no tragedy of the commons here, its the opposite, people create value on previously worthless dns-land. There is no shortage of TLDs, instead an infinite supply, so its not a zero sum game. Of course demand and supply applies

Housing and spectrum are inherently limited so it makes sense to have ‘homesteading’ rules, especially when they are not even rented out

[jasonjayr]

There really isn't an infinite supply though. There are desirable properties of a domain, including memorability (length of domain, typability, common words).

Sure, something like "eebe8X.com" is usable, but it's not very desirable.

[buboard]

the supply is infinite by design, but that doesn't mean that all supply is equal