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Solution: let's replace the "Internet" with only 100 faster-loading websites that we (and the local governments) approve. Win-win, right?
by higherpurpose 11y ago
Solution: let's replace the "Internet" with only 100 faster-loading websites that we (and the local governments) approve. Win-win, right?
- x5n1 11y agoInternet freedom for all!
- dublinben 11y agoI can't help but notice that the writer is only checking US-based websites. I'm sure that local alternatives actually hosted in-country are much faster. Why should users in Kenya care about loading some Silicon Valley dating app?
- dweekly 11y agoWithout debating whether or not it's a good thing, it's inarguable that a healthy portion of the apps that are popular worldwide (outside China) are run by companies headquartered in the US: Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Google, Twitter, Instagram. And now Uber. Given that each one of these has the vigorous majority of their users outside the US and most have substantial non-US infrastructure build, it gets a little strange to label them "US-based". But I think it's fair to point out that if performance lags to the extreme it may open market opportunities for local competitors to differentiate themselves with speed. Local hosting options are limited, however, making things more challenging for indigenous entrepreneurs. I was amused and appalled to find that many "Kampala web hosting" companies are actually themselves hosted in Los Angeles. So: not much is hosted in-country. Very little traffic terminates domestically outside caches.