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Because the internet is making it's way towards a death spiral. They seem to realize it's not worth the investment.
by mrinconvenient 12y ago
Because the internet is making it's way towards a death spiral. They seem to realize it's not worth the investment.
- eru 12y agoPlease elaborate.
- mrinconvenient 12y agoPolitics across the world have taken a drastically unfavorable turn towards the internet. Pick any number of actions, I guess. For Russia in particular, they've started aggressively pursuing a policy of insuring all data on Russian citizens is stored within the country. So much so that they're banning any product that uses iCloud as of the start of 2015. Not to mention their draconian filtering policies. In Australia, not only have ISPs spun the NBN into a product that pays them to not upgrade their infrastructure, the new anti-piracy surveillance laws that were introduced are to be subsidized with an internet tax like the one Hungarians protested about. In the United States, well, NSA and net neutrality. 'nuff said. In Spain, a law just passed that allows a member of Spain's newspaper association to charge sites to link to them. While this isn't an explicit threat towards killing the internet, the precedent it sets is quite ominous. Not to mention the many, many countries that've imposed filtering in the name of anti-piracy. As the internet becomes more popular, it's come under an increasing level of attack and stands to become significantly less of attractive for the purposes of it's users.