Re:New top-level domains a money grab and a mistake: Paul Vixie
by ownagefool on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @11:30AM
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I'm not confused but you're right, I did mean to type domains rather than TLDs.
Anyways, I'm actually arguably in favour or a Land Value Tax. Land is a super fininte resource and holding onto it for no reason other than as an investment screws over anybody who isn't there first. This is great if you have land, for whatever reason, but not to great if you grow up poor and want to live anywhere near your place of work in a place like London where the property market is completely broken.
The domains landscape is similar, except that it is indeed easier to create new TLDs than manage the mess of domain speculation.
Anyways, I'm actually arguably in favour or a Land Value Tax. Land is a super fininte resource and holding onto it for no reason other than as an investment screws over anybody who isn't there first. This is great if you have land, for whatever reason, but not to great if you grow up poor and want to live anywhere near your place of work in a place like London where the property market is completely broken.
The domains landscape is similar, except that it is indeed easier to create new TLDs than manage the mess of domain speculation.