Definitely. But the scarcity of .com addresses is still a real thing. Any of us could have made bank if we’d thought to register good names before the dot com boom. Even now, every 3 letter domain is worth tens of thousands of dollars, and are traded in China. They seem to be a kind of fungible currency there, and an easy way to launder money. And thieves steal domains and quickly move them to Chinese registrars who won’t give them back, making the registrars convenient fences for stolen property. (Not unique to Chinese registrars, but China is outside US legal jurisdiction, making it harder to sue them to get the domains back.)
