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On further reflection, I'm optimistic: This nightmare scenario was proposed in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Broadband_and_Digital_Television_Promot
by ppcar 5y ago
On further reflection, I'm optimistic:
This nightmare scenario was proposed in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Broadband_and_Digital_Television_Promotion_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Broadband_and_Digit... for combatting piracy, and instead we have settled on a lesser evil of limited DRM to access Netflix. This permits torrenting, but torrenting is less prevalent now.
A carbon tax is inevitable, and will alleviate the concerns such as OP's.
Control over E2E encrypted messaging is an ongoing policy dispute. I don't have a good feel for how the pieces will land. A lesser evil solution might be to require warranted escrow for popular messaging clients. This permits two malicious actors communicating over unpopular platforms, but catches cases like threats/harassment on popular platforms.
- gjsman-1000 5y agoAnother way this could play out is some gov official decides to create the National Commission on App Stores (to solve the Apple and Google abuses), and then a bureaucrat comes later and just says every device must have and use an App Store, and we have the NCAS to ensure it’s fair, so why would you want anything else?