Because if this is true, it is extremely likely that the business model of the new owner is not based on plain price increase, but on other factors.

As I have said in another thread, I believe that the easiest way to increase profitability is through vertical integration. PIR could not do that - for various reasons that will take time to explain - also being a daughter organization of ISOC, but an investment fund could easily lump together a company like Donuts (and I am only quoting this as an example) with PIR. Why? Because if a registry is forbidden to have a preferential relationship with an accredited registrar (all accredited registrars must be treated equally) a registrar has free hands in the way they conduct the business.

So, what will have impact on users is not the price change, but the business model change - in the sense that registrations in .org will no longer depend on the ethics of PIR but on the appetite of the registrar that could run the show.

Cheers,

Roberto