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The internet != the infrastructure of the internet. The internet is not its wires, it's the content and the people who are part of a large global community that
by kajecounterhack 11y ago
The internet != the infrastructure of the internet. The internet is not its wires, it's the content and the people who are part of a large global community that comprises it. Vendors and governments use the internet, but they don't and shouldn't own it.
> ...it's not nearly as big a difference as people make it seem. With how most people use it it's not far from just having more channels on your existing cable box.
You can't write emails on your TV, or do banking, or...well this is just a silly sentiment.
- wdewind 11y ago> Vendors and governments use the internet, but they don't and shouldn't own it. And yet they do: we may play in this sandbox, but we don't make decisions about the infrastructure, we don't make decisions about the law around it etc. This is congruent to the American political and legal system. As you pointed out, it gets more confusing when you get international, but it's informative to look into how much control the US (and West in general) has over global internet infrastructure.