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The Internet has some decentralization. But it’s not decentralized. At all.
by qeternity 6y ago
The Internet has some decentralization. But it’s not decentralized. At all.
- kitkat_new 6y agowhat again is the central authority of the internet?
- qeternity 6y agoIt’s not a dichotomy, there are a few authorities.
- jjk166 6y agoMost of the services you use on the internet are centralized, but the internet itself isn't. Anyone can host a server anyone else can theoretically access so long as there is a path along which to connect and the user knows the address. Portions of the internet's infrastructure can be cut off from the rest by a sufficiently powerful entity, and most people use the same few DNS servers, but no one controls the whole thing. Internet 1.0 is still running under the surface.