Dot Net

My ".net" domain expires at the end of the month, and I'm wondering if it's worth the effort to renew it. It quietly redirects to my ".com" domain, nothing more — though there was a time when you were sort of obliged to reserve both (and several other variations), out of concern that a despicable someone could claim the ".net" version, and confusion and havoc would be the inevitable result. But is that still the case? (I had two other domain names I let lapse a few years ago, and they still don't seem to have been registered by anyone else.)

Thankfully, my indefatigable ".com" domain remains current for another year.