Yeah, that’s a good point. Then again, you can also that for any other gTLD (why should Google get the proceeds from .dev?), and that would be a valid question.

I think the current system is inherently flawed... but it kinda works, and nobody wants to figure out the politics of fixing it – so I guess we’re stuck with it for a while.

> nobody wants to figure out the politics of fixing it

The vast majority of people in the world have $0 on the line and no clue how these systems work.

The majority who have an interest in fixing it have something like N×$10 per year on the line for a fairly small N.

Those who don't want it fixed have billions on the line.

It's not getting fixed anytime soon.