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As of early 2018, national boundaries combined with linguistic barriers are still more powerful than the internet. Could this change with low Earth orbit satell
by stcredzero 9y ago
As of early 2018, national boundaries combined with linguistic barriers are still more powerful than the internet. Could this change with low Earth orbit satellite internet? (Given the precedents to date, I'd expect the Chinese government to jam the signals or otherwise intervene.)
- chatmasta 9y agoNot as long as payments go through the current financial system. If you’re using a US credit card, with a US billing address, to transact with a company, then you are “US registered” regardless of where your packets are routed. Until it’s possible/mainstream to decouple identity from payment, your payment method will always be the weakest link.
- stcredzero 9y agoAre you presuming that most of the internet will be paywalled by then?
- chatmasta 9y agoTo be fair I was speaking more about iCloud and the App Store (which is “the Internet” to many people) than I was the wider internet. To answer your question... I hope not. But perhaps we are already there. Boiling frog etc.