[tptacek]

The most important TLDs are decidedly not non-profit foundations run by the nerds who set them up in the 1980s, and governments routinely manipulate the DNS for policy reasons.

[otabdeveloper4]

You don't actually need a domain with an ""important"" TLD. True story.

[akerl_]

What TLDs are today operated by non-profits? Looking at the list, I see a mix of commercial entities running them for profit and governments.

[otabdeveloper4]

You don't actually need a non-profit TLD either.

Having a healthy competitive market for DNS services is good enough.

[akerl_]

Really? If .com or .io or some other popular TLD starts acting maliciously, what’s the route to handling that problem?