Your periodic reminder that you don’t *buy* a domain name.
You *rent* it.
#internet

@koalie AS IT SHOULD BE.

DNS space is inherently finite, and constitutes an artifically-created monopoly power.

What makes you think you have any right to own any part of it in perpetuity?

@gcvsa @koalie

The same right that the registrars have to perpetually extract rent for it i guess

@koalie I don't think you've understood the question.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN

ICANN - Wikipedia

@gcvsa

No i think i did, your take is a bit like being mad at tenants for wanting to *own* their houses.

Saying 'renting' the domains is how it should be makes it sound like the registrars are a benevolent instance caring for the commons that is the limited dns space. Like they have a right to own domains in perpetuity, renting them out, creating, as you say, monopoly power.

Sure individual ownership doesn't solve the fundamental problems of dns but
the registrars really don't need to be defended as the good guys here.