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Then I have expanded this to google, microsoft, amazon, facebook ASNs. The whole internet stopped working. Neither am I delighted to have my machine talk to
by thomassmith65 4y ago
Then I have expanded this to google, microsoft, amazon, facebook ASNs.
The whole internet stopped working.
Neither am I delighted to have my machine talk to Cloudflare or Akamai (per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32618098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32618098). Add to that a few font, framework services and ad delivery networks and why bother having any independent servers at all?
For decent people there is no privacy, but, for malicious people, it is more than enough privacy to avoid accountability. That's no surprise today, but who would have looked forward to a net like this back in the 1990's?
Just scrap everything and start again. What we have now is a failed experiment.
- nikau 4y ago> Neither am I delighted to have my machine talk to Cloudflare or Akamai what's your concern around CDNs? Its not like its viable for every company to put in 1000s of edge nodes to ensure every area of every country has a good website/app experience.
- thomassmith65 4y agoIts not like its viable [...] I agree. That's why I ended by writing "Just scrap everything and start again. What we have now is a failed experiment"