[dns-operations] the real reason for ICANN's gTLD expansion seems to be...

[Paul Vixie]

...that spammers just didn't have enough choices.

https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/men-black-and-gray

i have occasionally criticized ICANN, which is a 501(c)(3) public 
charity, for acting too often in the interests of their commercial 
constituency, and not asking often enough, "what are the public's 
interests here?"

now symantec has actually quantified that.

you know who you are, probably.

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P Vixie