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No, they can't because of economies of scale and network effects and cultural targeting from other parts of the leftist corporate cabal. Simple example is the

No, they can't because of economies of scale and network effects and cultural targeting from other parts of the leftist corporate cabal. Simple example is the kind of targeting that has happened on Gab and Truth Social and Hatreon, etc. Payment services shut down, hosting denied, domains unregistered, etc. You're talking about being an upstart competing against an established behemoth, with your only distinguishing feature being freedom of speech. But of course if your big thing is being against witch burning, you'll be inundated by witches, targeted and shut down for that reason. The "Just build your own internet and payment infrastructure totally cut off from existing systems, under constant media vilification, bro" argument has been made a million times, tried many times, doesn't work at all.

rvz 4y ago
> Simple example is the kind of targeting that has happened on Gab and Truth Social and Hatreon, etc. Payment services shut down, hosting denied, domains unregistered, etc. They were all crying, and throwing a tantrum here when OnlyFans, got de-platformed from Instagram, VISA, Mastercard and many just replied: 'they can choose to do business with whoever they want to' which is true. Same with the YouTube demonitization events, or Ukraine's 'Come back Alive' Patreon account de-platformed; pointing to the ToS violations. In all cases, it means that it can happen to anyone and their is zero viable alternative, unless they wait for cryptocurrencies / stablecoins to be fully regulated. So for now, the respondents on both sides of the argument just didn't like the 'private company can choose to do business with whoever they want' answer. It doesn't matter.
- cowtools 4y ago
  This infrastructure should not be dependent on the whims of private companies. In the case of KF, they ought to switch to Tor. In the case of OF, they ought to switch to cryptocurrency.

rvz 4y ago

> Simple example is the kind of targeting that has happened on Gab and Truth Social and Hatreon, etc. Payment services shut down, hosting denied, domains unregistered, etc. They were all crying, and throwing a tantrum here when OnlyFans, got de-platformed from Instagram, VISA, Mastercard and many just replied: 'they can choose to do business with whoever they want to' which is true. Same with the YouTube demonitization events, or Ukraine's 'Come back Alive' Patreon account de-platformed; pointing to the ToS violations. In all cases, it means that it can happen to anyone and their is zero viable alternative, unless they wait for cryptocurrencies / stablecoins to be fully regulated. So for now, the respondents on both sides of the argument just didn't like the 'private company can choose to do business with whoever they want' answer. It doesn't matter.

cowtools 4y ago
This infrastructure should not be dependent on the whims of private companies. In the case of KF, they ought to switch to Tor. In the case of OF, they ought to switch to cryptocurrency.