Re:Supreme Court pick: ISPs have First Amendment right to bl...
by jstarfish on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @04:25PM
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Sounds like AOL's vision for the future ~20 years ago. Keyword: ABANDONALLHOPE
It was fun while it lasted, but everything old becomes new again. Business interests and law enforcement are far too entrenched with the current internet for things to ever revert back to the wild west it once was.
Legislators went from thinking the internet was an inconsequential series of tubes to now understanding its implications enough to legislate it, which is indication enough that the party is over. With net neutrality dead, selective law enforcement of content (FO/SESTA) established and ISPs allowed to be choosy with how they participate in a network that depends on global participation to have any utility at all, the walls of this garden are being raised one slab at a time.
Blaming Apple, Microsoft or Google is not the solution. The storm is indeed upon us, but it's not too late to start building an ark.
It was fun while it lasted, but everything old becomes new again. Business interests and law enforcement are far too entrenched with the current internet for things to ever revert back to the wild west it once was.
Legislators went from thinking the internet was an inconsequential series of tubes to now understanding its implications enough to legislate it, which is indication enough that the party is over. With net neutrality dead, selective law enforcement of content (FO/SESTA) established and ISPs allowed to be choosy with how they participate in a network that depends on global participation to have any utility at all, the walls of this garden are being raised one slab at a time.
Blaming Apple, Microsoft or Google is not the solution. The storm is indeed upon us, but it's not too late to start building an ark.