My critique goes more in the direction of DNSSEC being a centralized infrastructure. I didn't mean that it is easily subverted but its possible, especially for an US state actor. Its definitely more transparent as SSL CA's for sure. However, for my communications I'd like rather rely on an infrastructure which is independent from centralized resources.

DANE is an interesting concept for sure. Not 100% viable in the short-term but going forward we need to start thinking of a better solution. It would still be cert based and just add a layer of complexity. The cert model works it's just controlled by the wrong people and lacks regulation.