Why can’t one register a domain name themselves, instead of paying a company to do it?

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I’m completely dumbfounded.

I searched up a domain name I would like, and it turned out that no one owned it, it was just a ”Can’t reach the site” message. My immediate thought is how can I get this site, it should be free right? Since I’m not actually renting it or buying it from anyone, it’s completely unused.

I google it up and can’t find a single answer, all everyone says is you need to buy a subscription from a company like GoDaddy, Domain.com, One.com and others. These companies don’t own the site I wanted, they must register it in some way before they sell it to me, so why can’t I just register it myself and skip the middle man?

Seriously, are these companies paying google to hide this info?

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Can you just scribble a desired number on the back of your car, rather than go through someone who keeps track of that, makes sure it’s yours to use, that you have insurance to operate it, not duplicated, etc? Similar thing.

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