The proposed approach will diminish the democratic nature of the Internet by increasing the cost of using a .com domain (arguably the most popular TLD) at a time when the public has been acquiring the skills to finally become tech savvy enough, that profits are to be made by sheer quantity, without the need for increased margins.

Your organisation holds all the power to allow this industry to be sustainable in the long term without forcing a peak in the short term. You’re bound to make a profit in whichever format, but the advances that made the Web 2.0 so welcome — transitioning from institution-generated content to user-generated content — will drive away the regular users as domain hosts and leave the huge players in control.

I’m reaching out to you because profit is guaranteed, and democracy via good will isn’t incompatible with it.

Be well, and thank you for taking the time to read me.

João Teixeira Duarte

JoaoTDuarte.com