Kieren McCarthy, [writing for *The Register*](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/03/internet_society_org/), on the Internet Society's (ISOC) sale of the .org domain-name registry to a private equity firm:
> ISOC is supposed to act in the interests of the internet community, and that community has been vocal about the fact that the sell-off, which is expected to complete within the next few months, was announced with no consultation.
The whole affair stinks, but the sale of the nonprofit domain to private equity is a metaphor for the internet itself.