Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own advisory council

Re:Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own adviso... by techsupporter on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @11:57AM (#22367362)

Ah, how quickly the Internet forgets. .dev wasn’t going to be open for the rest of us originally; Google bought it as an internal name to keep private but relented a few years later.

> The web ad giant is keeping these domains "completely closed for the sole use of Google," as its paperwork filed[0] for .dev reads.

> Why not also share the wealth of .dev with developers? Well, in a word: branding. Google's successful application for .dev reads: "The proposed gTLD will provide Google with direct association to the term 'dev', which is an abbreviation of the word 'development'. The mission of this gTLD, .dev, is to provide a dedicated domain space in which Google can enact second-level domains specific to its projects in development."

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/13/google_developer_gt...

0 - https://gtldresult.icann.org/applicationstatus/applicationde...

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Re:Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own adviso... by ivalm on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @12:57PM (#22368086)

Sure, but google shouldn't be able to get a generic gTLD like this. Why is google's interest in owning "dev" more valuable than everyone else's?

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Re:Internet Society told to halt .org sale by its own adviso... by techsupporter on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:59PM (#22368792)

Agreed; that's what GP was getting at and people were refuting the claim with "but I have registered a .dev domain." For three-ish years, Google was hoarding it and the Internet pushed back and Google relented for some unknown reason (I hope due to the pushback but I'm not counting on it).

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