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I genuinely agree with you on all points. However, I do have one small note; the early 90s internet was also unusable for all but the most technical people. It
by nupark2 15y ago
I genuinely agree with you on all points.
However, I do have one small note; the early 90s internet was also unusable for all but the most technical people. It was also fantastic, and I'd largely be happy to have access to an internet community of that size and quality today -- especially since I wouldn't have to also give up today's consumer internet.
- count 15y agoIRC and USENET never went away...
- nupark2 15y agoUSENET: The eternal September. IRC: mIRC
- jiggy2011 15y agoPherhaps it would go full circle? Darknet starts as a place for hardcore techies , so the techies that use it start to build cool stuff for it and self regulate. The cool stuff attracts the semi-technical early adopters who bring money to the party. The money is used to finance more cool stuff and eventually innovation on the darknet outpaces the normal internet due to the lesser restriction. Soon the masses arrive and now every business wants a 'dark site', piracy explodes and major corporations and government try to get their tentacles into gaining more control over the darknet.