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It's worth mentioning that the Russian government has a plan to completely detach the country from the wider Internet. This system has already been tested and i

by cedws 3y ago

It's worth mentioning that the Russian government has a plan to completely detach the country from the wider Internet. This system has already been tested and is available at the flick of a switch. Unfortunately, it's probably a matter of time until this system is activated for real and the Iron Curtain drops to the floor. Then Putin will find some way to blame the West and rally against us.

The_Colonel 3y ago
I don't believe that this is coming. It would have large economic costs (how to conduct international business with "friendly" countries? etc. etc.), would piss off a significant share of the population (e.g. online gamers) etc. It's just not worth it. For countries like Russia, the goal isn't necessarily to cut off all connections, the goal is to discourage it, make it expensive, annoying, slow, so that a large majority of the population will opt to use the Russian internet.
- cedws 3y ago
  I don't know. People said the same thing about the invasion to begin with. That it would cause significant economic harm to Russia, cause civil unrest, and so on. Yet they did it and pulled through somehow. I don't they'll hesitate to do it if they see the need to. Putin wants the Soviet times back at any cost. He has many strings he can pull if he feels threatened.
  - maximus-decimus 3y ago
    Bread and circuses. It's weird to say, but I do believe that banning circuses (the internet) would cause more problems than a conscription.
    - Const-me 3y ago
      > circuses (the internet) According to a Russian resident I follow on social media, over the last 2 years Russians improved their localized circuses: VK, mail.ru, etc. The guy says these are now somewhat close to the originals i.e. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.
      - The_Colonel 3y ago
        How is the Russian equivalent of Marvel doing? Is there a strong Manga production? How many AAA games does Russia produce? K-pop is pretty popular in Russia, how about that? Internet/media has a very long tail, which Russia can't hope to replace.
asdffdasasdf 3y ago
of course it's possible. any country can do this. all trunk connecting are owned by the government telecom branch on 99pct of the world. but then Russia would have a hard time making their hacking. lol.

by cedws 3y ago

The_Colonel 3y ago

I don't believe that this is coming. It would have large economic costs (how to conduct international business with "friendly" countries? etc. etc.), would piss off a significant share of the population (e.g. online gamers) etc. It's just not worth it. For countries like Russia, the goal isn't necessarily to cut off all connections, the goal is to discourage it, make it expensive, annoying, slow, so that a large majority of the population will opt to use the Russian internet.

cedws 3y ago
I don't know. People said the same thing about the invasion to begin with. That it would cause significant economic harm to Russia, cause civil unrest, and so on. Yet they did it and pulled through somehow. I don't they'll hesitate to do it if they see the need to. Putin wants the Soviet times back at any cost. He has many strings he can pull if he feels threatened.
- maximus-decimus 3y ago
  Bread and circuses. It's weird to say, but I do believe that banning circuses (the internet) would cause more problems than a conscription.
  - Const-me 3y ago
    > circuses (the internet) According to a Russian resident I follow on social media, over the last 2 years Russians improved their localized circuses: VK, mail.ru, etc. The guy says these are now somewhat close to the originals i.e. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.
    - The_Colonel 3y ago
      How is the Russian equivalent of Marvel doing? Is there a strong Manga production? How many AAA games does Russia produce? K-pop is pretty popular in Russia, how about that? Internet/media has a very long tail, which Russia can't hope to replace.

asdffdasasdf 3y ago

of course it's possible. any country can do this. all trunk connecting are owned by the government telecom branch on 99pct of the world. but then Russia would have a hard time making their hacking. lol.