The perception is caused by the fact that the other domains are jokes. What is .info? .biz? Viable alternatives but totally useless.
The bar for getting a new TLD should be that you're doing something new and different, not just opening up a new namespace. .name is one example where they're at least trying to innovate.
A new TLD like .arpa that's used for some kind of underpinning would be a good idea if there was a technical requirement for it.
Otherwise you're just cluttering up the root zone with garbage and making it even more complicated for people to know what a legitimate domain is.
The public suffix list (http://publicsuffix.org/) is already full of garbage if you want to see how bad it is.
The bar for getting a new TLD should be that you're doing something new and different, not just opening up a new namespace. .name is one example where they're at least trying to innovate.
A new TLD like .arpa that's used for some kind of underpinning would be a good idea if there was a technical requirement for it.
Otherwise you're just cluttering up the root zone with garbage and making it even more complicated for people to know what a legitimate domain is.
The public suffix list (http://publicsuffix.org/) is already full of garbage if you want to see how bad it is.