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Didn't said righty social media properties literally have to face existential threats like getting multiple hosting providers drop them? Moreover, this is only

by esyir 6y ago

Didn't said righty social media properties literally have to face existential threats like getting multiple hosting providers drop them? Moreover, this is only something that's fine if you accept ceding control of the vast majority of communication to private control. I. E, we now get cyberpunk thoughtcrime dystopia.

thephyber 6y ago
> if you accept ceding control of the vast majority of communication to private control When our lifetimes has it not always been this case? Newspapers, television, internet have always been this way (owned by an organization and provided with contractual limitations). Talking face to face in your own home is the only unabridged communication method, even in the USA. I have always found this issue strange that people demand that App Stores, cloud platforms, web hosting, etc must allow any content despite the companies’ freedom of association (and disassociation). We aren’t talking about companies which are covered by Common Carrier laws. And “existential” doesn’t mean what you think it means. They are rebuilding on different platforms and other substitutes are coming online.