• melroy@kbin.melroy.org
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    12 hours ago

    Look I will be clear to you. You can not have a free and open internet and governments unable to misuse their power to shutdown websites, information whenever they please. And at the same time regulate the internet “to protect the children”. You can’t have both at the same time.

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      12 hours ago

      The internet is firmly in the grasp of mega corporations. There is no free internet anymore. This shit needs to be regulated.

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        34 minutes ago

        I run my own service all hosted on my own infrastructure. And fully independent from other big corps. No cloud. No cloudflare etc.

        More people should do that, but do not tell me to just give up and hand me over, and fully regulate the internet. Then we are doomed for sure.

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        9 hours ago

        This is really good point. The internet has been completely taken over by American oligarch gangs, on an outcome basis it’s not too far from internet censorship China (just implemented via alternative means).

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          11 hours ago

          A tiny niche that’s only accessible to people who know how the internet works. Ask your regular Joe if they’ve even ever heard of the Fediverse. Kids will flock to the easiest accesibke and largest platforms. Not Lemmy. And even Lemmy would be toxic for kids.