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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
There will be people who will build bridges between the two webs, so the folks caught in the corporate web don't miss out on anything.

The other way around is not so simple, because of the IDs etc.

Hence the anarchists lose.

>>ameliu+5f1
Losing access to corpoweb may be a blessing, not a failure.

As someone who intentionally has removed myself from social media, it's been a win. The same goes for a lot of online services.

There is a cost side to this, it's not a free ride, but the scale problem reduces the cost. My crappy $200 hosting box scales to hundreds of users.