@rlamacraft No one can make a website with the address grannysmith.swiley.net. Why? Because that's how namespaces work.
@swiley By that logic, we should hand .net over to Microsoft.
@Parienve Why? That's not related.
Anyone can apply for gtlds: https://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/global-support/faqs/faqs-en
@Parienve We only need a few tlds though. It's not like apple is really getting special treatment.