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Back in the 90s, I recall much talk about "citizen-based news". But the reality is far more complicated. I could build a Tor onion site with throwaway clearnet
by mirimir 8y ago
Back in the 90s, I recall much talk about "citizen-based news". But the reality is far more complicated. I could build a Tor onion site with throwaway clearnet proxies. But how would anyone know that it existed? And even if they did, how would they use it from phones? You'd need apps for that, and so that requires approval from Google and/or Apple.
- Sephr 8y agoAndroid apps don't require approval from Google to be installed.
- mirimir 8y agoFrom Google Play they do, right? And how many people use alternate sources for Android?
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