[yencabulator]

Because ICANN will give a gTLD to anyone who pays them enough.

[warbler73]

Any gTLD whatsoever owned by some for profit corporation is not acceptable.

[yencabulator]

You're about a decade late. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain#New_t...

[warbler73]

That is not acceptable.

[colejohnson66]

.com has been run by Verisign since before the gTLD nonsense

[account42]

.com is however not owned by Verisign. They can't just set arbitrary prices without ICANN approval.