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For the vast majority of people, the internet is the web, as well as mobile apps. The latter are already out of the control of users. Today, we at least have browsers that we can mostly force to do what we want (like stop downloading and displaying ads), but WEI will end up restricting portions of the web to users running browsers that do what the web servers want, not what their users want.

And for most people in the world, that is "the internet".

>>kelnos+(OP)
The distinction is important in my opinion because it means that our technology stack isn't necessarily captured to the root by hostile interests. In these respects, a better world is possible without having to dig everything up and start over, for now.

>>kelnos+(OP)
The current browser stack is a lost cause. There's just no way for anyone who cares to compete with Google.

But we still have TCP and HTTP. We will rebuild this place.

>>anders+r4
HTTP is terrible though. It's a big part of the problem with the web.

>>Touche+hg
I'm curious. Could you please elaborate further