@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 That would be fine if the .net tld hadn't already existed IMO. It looks like Apple themselves applied for and created .apple https://icannwiki.org/.apple