If I understand the situation, and the point made above, that seems both true and (mildly) worrisome. Any entity that could 'grab' such a gTLD could become the funnel for trusted content in that category.

Thanks for the comments, Eve.

Interesting your use of the word "trusted" .

I took my cue from the phrase 'public trust' :
"And you won't likely find scammers and spammers under a closed gTLD so it might actually gain more public trust than conventional "open" ones...."

And I take your remark below as a good one:

I can't think of how an open gTLD (in which anyone could buy a subdomain) would be more trustworthy than a brand with a reputation to protect and the ability to play gatekeeper. But I could see the reverse.

I guess in the end I am responsible for due diligence when gleaning content from someguyontheinternet.com (which I checked just now and is taken, oh well).