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.comis sponsored by Verisign.You pay the registrar, the registrar pays the sponsor, and the sponsor pays ICANN.
But why is it so expensive? Like 20$ for a .org Domain. Fuck that.
$20 is dirt cheap lol. They go up to the hundreds or even thousands. But those domains I do wonder why they cost so much, like a .xxx domain
Because someone is willing to pay for them. The internet isn't a nonprofit project anymore like in the 90s when it was run by universities. For better and for worse.