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>>pimter+(OP)
This might be where the internet really gets forked, as it's been predicted over and over since the '90s.

On one side, we'll have a "clean", authority-sanctioned "corpweb", where everyone is ID'ed to the wazoo; on the other, a more casual "greynet" galaxy of porn and decentralized communities will likely emerge, once all tinkerers get pushed out of corpnet. It could be an interesting opportunity to reboot a few long-lost dreams.

>>toyg+Za
Internet anarchists getting excited about the prospect of forking the Internet feels a lot like when a lot of preppers got excited about the potential breakdown of society when Covid hit.

“Finally I can put all my skills to the test, which people have been teasing me about for so long.”

In both cases, this attitude has the problem that they ignore the vast majority of people who would suffer under the new order. Very few people would find their way out of the corporate walled gardens and into the free information superhighway.

>>Jolter+lh
> Very few people would find their way out of the corporate walled gardens and into the free information superhighway.

As opposed to the masses of people exploring sites other than Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Reddit? We're already there.

>>vdqtp3+yP
Sure, and I think that supports my argument. The law of least resistance rules on the mainstream Internet. Consumers already will pay for devices that surveil them and use their private data to sell them more crap they do not need.

If we expect consumers to choose the open, anarchist, Internet over the corporate clean Internet, then we expect too much of them.