Off-topic, but this ongoing trend of brands getting TLDs is really starting to infuriate me. It's not what TLDs are for! Sony is a Japanese company, so it should use sony.com or sony.jp.

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ralph84 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

There's no inherent reason to restrict the number of TLDs. The best way to combat rent seeking from registries is to allow any organization that has the technical capability to operate a registry.

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cwnyth 36 minutes ago | parent [-]

Why do companies and organizations get special treatment over regular people? I think a simpler fix is just to ban any companies that register domains from squatting on them.

	▲	toast0 24 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Were regular people prohibited from applying for TLDs when applications were open? Not that I know many people who would have been interested in paying the fees.

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ErneX 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That’s not what the ICANN thinks, and this started in 2012:

https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/about/program

	▲	urbandw311er 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Any idea why Google and Microsoft and Apple don’t yet have TLDs then?