It could be worse. Google (DBA &quot;Charleston Road Registry&quot;) had a bid in to purchase .blog and make it only usable for Blogger (= Blogspot) blogs:<p>&gt; This Google Registry service causes the domain name to be associated with the Blogger service, so that DNS for second-level domains (SLD) within the TLD will automatically resolve to the relevant Google service. [...] Client-initiated updates to the name servers for the domain name will not be accepted and the server will respond with an error type 2304 - “Object status prohibits operation”.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gtldresult.icann.org&#x2F;application-result&#x2F;applicationstatus&#x2F;applicationdetails&#x2F;527" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gtldresult.icann.org&#x2F;application-result&#x2F;applications...</a>