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It's turtles all the way down. You can host your own services, but better hope your colo doesn't decide you're more trouble than you're worth. Build out your
by soneil 8y ago
It's turtles all the way down.
You can host your own services, but better hope your colo doesn't decide you're more trouble than you're worth. Build out your own datacenter, but hope your ISP(s) don't decide you're more trouble than you're worth. Build out your own ISP, but hope anyone wants to peer with you.
And that's just on the transit side. We've a growing history of piracy sites having their access to the DNS infrastructure curtailed, and porn sites finding the only payment processors who'll touch them charge above and beyond for the 'privilege'.
It becomes difficult to ignore that members of society do depend on the rest of society.
- iamnothere 8y agoWait until the banking and credit systems step into the censorship game. (The banks already shut out porn sites, adult performers, and legal cannabis businesses.) Payment processors are just the tip of the iceberg. Imagine not being able to take out your rent money because the banks have "deplatformed" you! That's where we're headed. It's going to turn really nasty when the political enemy du jour shifts away from Literal Nazis and back to anti-government critics, environmentalists, and the like.
- all2 8y agoThis is how fascism and several forms of communism have come to power. If those in power can silence whom they choose, then they play to the people only as long as they have to. When they have enough power, they play no one's game and silence whoever they want. [edit] It is worth noting that GoDaddy does not equate to "those in power". A business has every right to deny service on whatever grounds they choose (even for no reason). [/edit]