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No way, man. This isn't cancel culture. This is just a non-profit exercising their rights. If he doesn't like it, all he has to do is create his own internet an

No way, man. This isn't cancel culture. This is just a non-profit exercising their rights. If he doesn't like it, all he has to do is create his own internet and a procedure for assigning DNS names and IP addresses and then get the whole world to switch over to it. /s

zpeti 6y ago
Exactly. It's a free market. Come on.
- FpUser 6y ago
  There is no free market. Just copyrights / patents alone show that. If I had invented something or way more likely came up with something obvious I should not be looking over my shoulder and waiting for some corporation to sue me for rounded corners or button placed on the form. Suddenly those big corps run crying to their daddy for protection.
- zoobab 6y ago
  https://twitter.com/Diskonnekt_/status/1354805885348974605 https://twitter.com/Diskonnekt_/status/1354805885348974605
yunesj 6y ago
Or use one of the many alternative DNS that the market already created to solve this problem? Continuously fixing ICANN’s decisions keeps alternatives from catching on.
- derangedHorse 6y ago
  Alternatives are meaningless unless they can get mainstream adoption from the software makers of the majority.
armada651 6y ago
When you're a state-sponsored monopoly the rules are a bit different whether you're a private entity or not. So it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. (I know ICANN is not currently being sponsored by the US government anymore, but they were given their monopoly that way)
Accujack 6y ago
>all he has to do is create his own internet and a procedure for assigning DNS names and IP addresses Or, y'know, just set up a copy of the DNS system using the existing software and standards for the existing Internet, but using different root servers. DNS is well documented and open source for the most part, so it's not as if ICANN's control of the root servers means they can't be bypassed.

zpeti 6y ago

Exactly. It's a free market. Come on.

FpUser 6y ago
There is no free market. Just copyrights / patents alone show that. If I had invented something or way more likely came up with something obvious I should not be looking over my shoulder and waiting for some corporation to sue me for rounded corners or button placed on the form. Suddenly those big corps run crying to their daddy for protection.
zoobab 6y ago
https://twitter.com/Diskonnekt_/status/1354805885348974605 https://twitter.com/Diskonnekt_/status/1354805885348974605

yunesj 6y ago

Or use one of the many alternative DNS that the market already created to solve this problem? Continuously fixing ICANN’s decisions keeps alternatives from catching on.

derangedHorse 6y ago
Alternatives are meaningless unless they can get mainstream adoption from the software makers of the majority.

armada651 6y ago

When you're a state-sponsored monopoly the rules are a bit different whether you're a private entity or not. So it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. (I know ICANN is not currently being sponsored by the US government anymore, but they were given their monopoly that way)

Accujack 6y ago

>all he has to do is create his own internet and a procedure for assigning DNS names and IP addresses Or, y'know, just set up a copy of the DNS system using the existing software and standards for the existing Internet, but using different root servers. DNS is well documented and open source for the most part, so it's not as if ICANN's control of the root servers means they can't be bypassed.