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The web is ripe for disruption. Decades of historical baggage, technical cruft, and now a new set of encumbrances in the form of aggressive state surveillance
by ryandv 1y ago
The web is ripe for disruption.
Decades of historical baggage, technical cruft, and now a new set of encumbrances in the form of aggressive state surveillance under the moniker of "regulation;" it's strange to me that there are no movements in this space to replace an aging and decrepit web that has grown increasingly user hostile.
- whall6 1y agoshould be pretty easy to do once starlink has full global coverage... could easily circumvent ISPs
- FirmwareBurner 1y agoStarlink isn't above government laws the same way how Youtbe, Apple, Google, Facebook and your ISP aren't. If the EU/UK/Australian governments say 'jump', these companies will say 'how high' or face criminal charges. They aren't gonna die on a hill and go to jail to protect your anonymity and privacy when the armed law enforcement show up at their offices with subpoenas. Their business and freedom is more important than your privacy. You need to talk to push for change in your democratic government, not try to find technical workarounds around government tyranny while going on with your day as if what your government is doing is normal.
- riffic 1y agoStarlink itself is an ISP. so you're going to circumvent an ISP - with an ISP?
- whall6 1y agosure, why not? I'm not saying that I personally could, but the entire network of starlink satellites is owned by one person. Interesting to think about the possibilities at the very least
- ActorNightly 1y agoA lot of the tech "movements" that are all about disruption have leaned heavily conservative in the past decade, and its the conservatives that are implementing these rules. There was some merit to being anti-establishment in the past under Democratic leadership because for sure there were issues, but thinking that the conservative party is the way out because they are all about personal liberty and freedom, when in reality they are the complete opposite, is why you don't see the same amount of effort being put into this now.
- Levitz 1y ago>A lot of the tech "movements" that are all about disruption have leaned heavily conservative in the past decade, and its the conservatives that are implementing these rules. Hard disagree. Look at the reaction from the Tea app, a whole lot of concern for the women and their info, not a peep about the men who didn't even consent in any way. Am I supposed to believe it's conservatives? Chat control in the EU is also not coming from conservatives, it's a bipartisan issue through and through.
- ryandv 1y agoYes well you see, women and the LGBTQ+ are always right and morally infallible; all men are simply subhuman conservative racists. As subhumans they are not entitled to basic human rights or required to provide consent for anything. Try as you might to refute this progressive axiom in vain; better to simply just double down on an assumption nobody has ever been able to refute, and carry it to its necessary conclusions.
- ActorNightly 1y agoTea app is relatively new. The Gamergate was the start of it all, where you had a whole bunch of the people adjacent to tech started pushing back hard against things like feminism online, and evolved from there. Shortly after Trump got elected and the movement grew. >In EU party lines are a bit different, but nevertheless, the conservatives are the ones that are pushing this The point is that whomever is pushing it is basically anti conservative in the sense of personal liberties, but conservative populace ends up electing those people because they are so vehemently anti liberal that they are blind to the actual reality.