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Completely agree. A few years back I was convinced that there should be one global Internet. Nowadays I'm leaning towards balkanization in a sense that big eco
by input_sh 6y ago
Completely agree. A few years back I was convinced that there should be one global Internet.
Nowadays I'm leaning towards balkanization in a sense that big economic powerhouses should have their own "tech giants". Don't block small websites, but if the big ones aren't being fully cooperative, fuck em. Block em, invest in local alternatives, build your own Linux distros for public administration, regain your sense of sovereignty.
In other words: Facebook forking itself into an EU version that actually takes local context into account, employing people in the EU, and keeping the data within the EU = okay. One global Facebook that follows little to no rules and doesn't give anything back to local communities = not okay.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoThis would only be possible if you make the fiber Balkanized, because we know that popular services happen and if you follow the logic there will be natural monopolies that form.
- input_sh 6y agoThere will always be monopolies in a capitalist system with little to no oversight or loosely enforced antitrust regulation. Tech is no different than oil, glasses, or diamonds. If we're forced to have monopolies, I'd rather have them within my jurisdiction and forced to give a shit about local context of their operation than one that's on the other side of the globe and managed by people that never even stepped foot within my jurisdiction.