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It looks like we are moving into the world where major powers will only use domestic IT infrastructure. It is a major national security issue and could not be d
by g42gregory 2y ago
It looks like we are moving into the world where major powers will only use domestic IT infrastructure. It is a major national security issue and could not be delegated to other countries, no matter how friendly. The US will only use American IT infrastructure, China will only use Chinese vendors, etc... Russia currently does not have strong capabilities, maybe they will use Chinese solutions in meantime. It feels like the era of Borderless Internet is coming to a close.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoI don't see this as a bad thing. Tech infra is a national security issue, and potential globalization gains are simply not that material compared to sovereignty over this capability. Just as a manufacturing base and supply chain are critical for a country to maintain, so is domestic tech systems. Features and capabilities will be copied, the only loss is shareholder returns for tech service exports.
- dc396 2y agoConcern about this isn't new, e.g., see https://www.weforum.org/publications/internet-fragmentation-an-overview/ https://www.weforum.org/publications/internet-fragmentation-...
- tryauuum 2y agoRussia absolutely has strong IT infrastructure, many great cloud providers. Having said that, fuck roskomnadzor. Maybe if the russian ISPs weren't ordered to block independent news websites the war would have ended quickly