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Had another country had a primary role in inventing the internet, they would probably have it (or more likely, the US would be .gov.us and everyone else would b
by pc86 3y ago
Had another country had a primary role in inventing the internet, they would probably have it (or more likely, the US would be .gov.us and everyone else would be whatever they are today).
- vladharbuz 3y agoI don’t understand this argument. Are you saying the internet should be organised in a way that benefits the US, even if it is confusing for people in other countries? By your reasoning, it would make sense for .com to be US-exclusive because the US had a primary role in inventing the internet. Let’s pause to ask ourselves “what is an actually good system?” instead of “how can we justify US privilege?”.
- pc86 3y agoI'm not saying it's right or wrong, I'm just saying that's what led to where we are today.
- vladharbuz 3y agoThat’s fair, sorry, I read too much into what you were saying!
- TheCoelacanth 3y agoThe question isn't really "is this a good system", it's "is this a bad enough system that it's worth spending billions of dollars to change".
- kanbara 3y agoCERN / Switzerland would like a word
- rootusrootus 3y agoHell, CERN's involvement barely pre-dates my own domain. Pretty sure they didn't invent the Internet.
- pc86 3y ago> > primary
- School-Cotton 3y agoThe WWW was invented at CERN in 1990, whereas the .gov TLD dates from 1985.
- calgarymicro 3y agoThe internet != the world wide web.