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Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by Aunche on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:19PM (#25723955)
I can see the benefit of deplatforming, but I don't see what the benefit of the AWS ban would be. There are plenty of cloud service providers out there, so little more than a temporary inconvenience.
Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by viraptor on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:41PM (#25724618)
All of them have pretty similar ToS to AWS. They really don't have that many options. And no, going bare metal is not great either - colo / ISPs can deny you service. (which if they're trying to be sneaky they may find out after buying hardware and transporting it)
Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by amanaplanacanal on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:55PM (#25724707)
You would think so, but I believe the owner of Parler has already stated that he can’t find anybody willing to host him.
Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by shripadk on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:12AM (#25725713)
I haven't seen the CEO of Parler release any such statement.

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Thanks for the link. I couldn't find it. If this is the situation then it's extremely bad. The entire situation is fucked up. We literally are in a Censorship era. But the silver lining is that now there will be serious efforts into creating a decentralised internet that isn't controlled by any Big Tech Cartel. In the same way Bitcoin was a response to 2008 economic crises. This crises will create strong alternative platforms. No doubt about it. It's no longer a matter of if but when. Incentives for an alternative internet have never been stronger.

Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel by Pfhreak on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:20AM (#25725762)
https://deadline.com/2021/01/parler-ceo-says-service-dropped...

> “We’re going to try our best to get back online as quickly as possible. But we’re having a lot of trouble because every vendor we talk to says they won’t work with us. Because if Apple doesn’t approve and Google doesn’t approve, they won’t.”