[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Poor justification for the price increase

[Francis Li]

The price increase is described by a very vague statement that...

"the domain name marketplace had grown more dynamic and concluded that it was in the public interest"

... which is hardly convincing. It's hard to see this as anything but a profit booster for Verisign, which spent over $800,000 in lobby money paid out to the White House and Dept of Commerce in 2018

https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?cycle=2018&id=D000022307
https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/agencies?cycle=2018&id=D000022307

Sincerely,
Francis Li