[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Oppossed to changes to the .COM agreement

[Johnny R]

I am writing to express my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3. Although the global DNS

registration system should be run primarily as a public concern, the only entities that

stand to benefit from the proposed arrangement are ICANN and Verisign at the expense of

the public. These price hikes will impact the millions of independent businesses and

developers that rely on the system to make their livelihood. This proposal could prove

yet another point of pressure that convinces small businesses to retreat to the Facebook

walled garden and eschew the web. The web and global DNS SHOULD be run for the public good.

Deals such as this are an abdication of that mandate. It is nothing less than short sighted

profit chasing at the expense of all else.

Please do not adopt this proposal.
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