Benjamen Bayart said: "The printing press allowed people to read. The internet will allow them to write." Sorry, but people won't have that right if everything

Benjamen Bayart said: "The printing press allowed people to read. The internet will allow them to write." Sorry, but people won't have that right if everything is in the cloud, because it will be controlled by a handful of giga-corporations. If you think this future is likely, I humbly suggest you screw that, and fight for an alternative. Here's one : (1) 5 years from now, people will begin to distrust for-profit corporation with their privacy. (2) 10 years from now, the FreedomBox will be ubiquitous. (3) 15 years from now, consumer awareness and demand (triggered by the FreedomBox) will raise upload capacity up to download capacity. Likely results are ubiquitous (and unstoppable) self publishing, e-mail that's actually private, and distributed encrypted back-up that just works. This should help flourish public debates and actual democracies.