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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by cbg0 on Sunday January 26, 2020 @05:51AM (#22151487)
Apparently, the answer is the highest bidder.
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by ryanlol on Sunday January 26, 2020 @07:04AM (#22151678)
Wouldn’t it also be the only bidder in this case? Nobody else ever made an application for the .amazon gtld.
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by binarray2000 on Sunday January 26, 2020 @06:41AM (#22151614)
Yay... let's put a price tag on everything! Let "the market" decide. What could we also sell... let's see: Air, water, children... the highest (richest?) bidder decides.

Especially if he got rich by exploiting workers (through low wages and bad working conditions, like wearing diapers) and exploiting state regulations (through tax evasion).

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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by fastball on Sunday January 26, 2020 @09:51AM (#22152310)
We do sell air and water, and there is nothing wrong with that.
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Re:South American nations open fire on ICANN for 'illegal' s... by xg15 on Sunday February 02, 2020 @06:52PM (#22220331)
Where do we sell air?

Access to clean, drinkable water is a human right, btw.

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