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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
He is not a journalist -- he is an opinion writer for a domaineer website -- hardly unbiased as the new gTLDs are a dilution threat to his readers' investments. "A new mine opened next door and if they strike new mineral wealth we are going to lose a lot of money on the minerals we have stored." Domain names are virtual gold.
It's like a stockbroker calling his clients telling them to hold on even though the market is getting very volatile.
Meantime someone (the rumor is that it is Verisign (the .com registry) ) just paid ICANN $130 million for .web -- but what the fuck does Verisign know?
from Jul 28, 2016 10-Q quarterly report
Hey Verisign LOOK!-- the Barbarians are at your gates
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Now that's a counter debate. Thank you.
Only time will tell if enough people will buy .webcam years after year to make it worth the investment. The .web one is a big gamble until .com run out of possibilities. Then will people go to .net instead?
As for big companies fucking up. Did you miss 2008?
What if webcams become dominated by 20 companies with 20 sites each? Will the remaining affiliates buy enough to fill the gap? .net is something anyone can use.
I don't know and neither does anyone else, it's speculative.