What? The web isn't distributed. It was built upon major trunks and backbones set up by government projects. All of your data goes through this centralized netw

What? The web isn't distributed. It was built upon major trunks and backbones set up by government projects. All of your data goes through this centralized network of hubs and backbones as it travels around the internet. In the US, the infrastructure was sold to private companies (notably, several of the "baby bells") in the 90s.