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Re:Sex Workers Say Porn on Google Drive Is Suddenly Disappea... by ori_b on Saturday March 24, 2018 @07:04PM (#16669559)
When has this ever cycled? It's always been a one way slide towards centralization and control.
Re:Sex Workers Say Porn on Google Drive Is Suddenly Disappea... by adventured on Sunday March 25, 2018 @03:45AM (#16671206)
For normal consumers...

Netscape -> IE monopoly -> explosion of choices

Email provided by your employer or ISP -> explosion of choices

IBM & Apple computers -> explosion of choices

Intel processor monopoly -> ARM computing explosion of choices

Kodak, majority of the film market -> explosion of camera choices

Tight music label monopolies + radio & store distribution -> explosion of cheap consumer choices for streaming vast amounts of music. No longer do you have to spend $20-$25 in adjusted 2018 dollars to buy an album with two songs you want to hear.

ABC, NBC, CBS, limited tightly controlled broadcast platforms with very regulated content -> endless array of media start-ups online, streaming choices, news sources

Playboy & similar, nearly your sole porn option for decades, highly restricted distribution -> seemingly infinite porn online from thousands of large sites

Information broadly, from limited, tightly controlled research options, difficult to access (if you can at all depending on your location) -> explosion of research options online, at a click, practically at zero cost

Limited publishing options, from almost nothing for the common person -> dozens of easy, inexpensive ways to publish text/audio/video and reach an audience. For $5 per month I can easily serve up video on my own site, host my own blog, post my own music, whatever.

Re:Sex Workers Say Porn on Google Drive Is Suddenly Disappea... by ocdtrekkie on Saturday March 24, 2018 @08:00PM (#16669791)
AOL was a big one for a long time. For many people, the "AOL Keyword" was how you got places (and what you advertised on TV), not a web URL.
Re:Sex Workers Say Porn on Google Drive Is Suddenly Disappea... by DINKDINK on Saturday March 24, 2018 @08:01PM (#16669795)
BitTorrent, bitcoin, Chat/forums (AOL->OSS Forums). Everything else had too high development, infrastructure, product demands.
Re:Sex Workers Say Porn on Google Drive Is Suddenly Disappea... by imtringued on Sunday March 25, 2018 @08:07AM (#16671814)
Videos are static content. The big problem with decentralisation is computation. The blockchain can do this but it's still limited to the processing power of a single "virtual" computer.