1$ / month per domain would have zero impact on affordability for the average American on .com. With .counrty codes they could have higher or lower fees at their discretion.
Instead DNS is basically useless for the average person who uses search engines and bookmarks to find things.
PS: The Phone number system oddly enough is far more user friendly in practice.
> 1$ / month per domain would have zero impact on affordability for the average American on .com
Sure, but if there are no price caps, what makes you think .org domains will be available for that price?
> DNS is basically useless for the average person who uses search engines and bookmarks to find things.
Um, you do realize that when you click on that search engine link, you're using DNS to find the actual site, right? Search engines point at URLs, not IP addresses.
DNS is incredibly important infrastructure, but the protocol is more than just a name. Getting a geographically local IP from a universal name is independent of what the name is. Replace Microsoft.com with MVKVS or other short string and that still works.
Indeed. Which means it's not "basically useless for the average person", since the average person needs it in order to find the websites they want to visit.
Instead DNS is basically useless for the average person who uses search engines and bookmarks to find things.
PS: The Phone number system oddly enough is far more user friendly in practice.