On one hand, fuck Musk. On the other hand, internet from space that can't be blocked by governments is a net positive in my book.
Don't forget that Musk is also the one who intentionally blocked paid service from Ukraine during a critical moment in the early days of Russia's current genocide, because Musk sucks up to Putin. Dude needs to answer for his actions.
Yep, fuck Musk
Fuck Musk
Sounds like a French parfum.
that depends on who controls the space internet
Secret cabal of space lizard people.
Watch out for the Jewish space lasers.
Are the Jewish space lasers more dangerous than the Hibernian and Caledonia Rods of god. Im asking incase we need to up our tonnage to match the Jews. I know for a fact we are lagging behind Suomen Helios lance.
That is the catch. Ideally they wouldn't automatically cooperate with the dictators on the ground, but that hasn't been the case.
Not blockable by any government would be a positive in my book if it didn't imply bloclable by a single billionaire with huge mood swing. Don't forget how musk switched off starlink in Crimea at Putin's request when the Russian realized starlink guided missile were heading towards their ships (Source
Controlled by governments or controlled by corpos and the super rich? I say there's hardly an improvement.
Yeah, cables or radio waves, it's the same thing in the end.
What we need (IMO) is another layer on top if the classic internet with encryption and hookers.
Like i2p or TOR?
Or Tenfingers (my network protocol for decentralised web pages and data) ofc š
No, but through the existence of both options, you can get more plurality than by using one individual option.
If we're talking about corporations I can only assume you mean options in how to get fucked.
How is a billionaire manchild in charge any better, at least a government is accountable to the people.
In theory, but how many governments can actually be held accountable? The power imbalance is often too great for the people to hold anyone accountable. In many countries, the system is rigged.
The question was how is it better. Sure there is a question of how much accountability there is with the government...but there is zero with a billionaire.
Replace government with billionaire and your statement is made even more true.
Can't calculate the net yet, since we don't know the gross. He has the capability to cause massive damage with the power he wields. It's already clear that he's incapable of providing an unbiased platform. It needs to belong to the people or it can never be trusted
It needs to belong to the people or it can never be trusted
Damn commies!
The ability to recognize sarcasm doesn't seem to be particularly developed on Lemmy.
And if fucking hate the /s.
I get that simple text doesn't convey as much as images or speech, but, ...i find myself having to add the /s (but it's easier to ignore the downvotes).
Oh? What about internet controlled by a billionaire who makes sure his toxic website featuring his version of āfree speechā is always available to protect his profits and spread his bullshit while undermining the policies of a sovereign state?
So much better than the evil government.
How many people is the billionaire incarcerating?
Good question. He definitely seems like the type that would have a dungeon with captives.
Thatās an arbitrary metric. What about internet across oceans, or across forests? Blocking content is a question of why and what. I mean, shouldnāt we be able to block child exploitation websites? That is to say, of course we can, and itās very easy. The only question is whether you want that kind of censorship to be up to your service provider or your government.
Governments tend to block things like facts about genocides they have committed and opposing political opinions. I would hope things like child exploitation could be managed at the host level.
What if payments to Starlink are blocked by Brazilian government?
He is in a unique position, theoretically he can make everything go through the country his servers are in assuming they pay over their own satellite internet, illegalā¦ mmm almost certainly but so is keeping Ex Twitter on in Brazil so he probably doesnāt care about that, and itās essentially exactly what a VPN does sooo, oh yeah they could also just use a VPN I guess.
Bruh, VPN for what? If Brazil bans payments to Starlink, essentially sanctioning it, how is end user going to circumvent that?
I mean they can jump through hoops to convert currencies etc but most people would just give up and move on.
Paying with Bitcoin is less of a hoop to jump through than it used to be.
How about internet that can be blocked at the whims of a billionaire? At least government is supposed to answer to the people.
You can block or disrupt communications with LEO.
But you'd need the blessing of the country's government to pump out that much interference continuously.
it's already been blocked in ukraine by musk at the request of putin
On one hand, fuck Musk. On the other hand, internet from space that can't be blocked by governments is a net positive in my book.
Don't forget that Musk is also the one who intentionally blocked paid service from Ukraine during a critical moment in the early days of Russia's current genocide, because Musk sucks up to Putin. Dude needs to answer for his actions.
Yep, fuck Musk
Sounds like a French parfum.
that depends on who controls the space internet
Secret cabal of space lizard people.
Watch out for the Jewish space lasers.
Are the Jewish space lasers more dangerous than the Hibernian and Caledonia Rods of god. Im asking incase we need to up our tonnage to match the Jews. I know for a fact we are lagging behind Suomen Helios lance.
That is the catch. Ideally they wouldn't automatically cooperate with the dictators on the ground, but that hasn't been the case.
Not blockable by any government would be a positive in my book if it didn't imply bloclable by a single billionaire with huge mood swing. Don't forget how musk switched off starlink in Crimea at Putin's request when the Russian realized starlink guided missile were heading towards their ships (Source
Controlled by governments or controlled by corpos and the super rich? I say there's hardly an improvement.
Yeah, cables or radio waves, it's the same thing in the end.
What we need (IMO) is another layer on top if the classic internet with encryption and hookers.
Like i2p or TOR?
Or Tenfingers (my network protocol for decentralised web pages and data) ofc š
No, but through the existence of both options, you can get more plurality than by using one individual option.
If we're talking about corporations I can only assume you mean options in how to get fucked.
How is a billionaire manchild in charge any better, at least a government is accountable to the people.
In theory, but how many governments can actually be held accountable? The power imbalance is often too great for the people to hold anyone accountable. In many countries, the system is rigged.
The question was how is it better. Sure there is a question of how much accountability there is with the government...but there is zero with a billionaire.
Replace government with billionaire and your statement is made even more true.
Can't calculate the net yet, since we don't know the gross. He has the capability to cause massive damage with the power he wields. It's already clear that he's incapable of providing an unbiased platform. It needs to belong to the people or it can never be trusted
Damn commies!
The ability to recognize sarcasm doesn't seem to be particularly developed on Lemmy.
And if fucking hate the /s.
I get that simple text doesn't convey as much as images or speech, but, ...i find myself having to add the /s (but it's easier to ignore the downvotes).
Oh? What about internet controlled by a billionaire who makes sure his toxic website featuring his version of āfree speechā is always available to protect his profits and spread his bullshit while undermining the policies of a sovereign state?
So much better than the evil government.
How many people is the billionaire incarcerating?
Good question. He definitely seems like the type that would have a dungeon with captives.
Thatās an arbitrary metric. What about internet across oceans, or across forests? Blocking content is a question of why and what. I mean, shouldnāt we be able to block child exploitation websites? That is to say, of course we can, and itās very easy. The only question is whether you want that kind of censorship to be up to your service provider or your government.
Governments tend to block things like facts about genocides they have committed and opposing political opinions. I would hope things like child exploitation could be managed at the host level.
What if payments to Starlink are blocked by Brazilian government?
He is in a unique position, theoretically he can make everything go through the country his servers are in assuming they pay over their own satellite internet, illegalā¦ mmm almost certainly but so is keeping Ex Twitter on in Brazil so he probably doesnāt care about that, and itās essentially exactly what a VPN does sooo, oh yeah they could also just use a VPN I guess.
Bruh, VPN for what? If Brazil bans payments to Starlink, essentially sanctioning it, how is end user going to circumvent that?
I mean they can jump through hoops to convert currencies etc but most people would just give up and move on.
Paying with Bitcoin is less of a hoop to jump through than it used to be.
How about internet that can be blocked at the whims of a billionaire? At least government is supposed to answer to the people.
You can block or disrupt communications with LEO.
But you'd need the blessing of the country's government to pump out that much interference continuously.
it's already been blocked in ukraine by musk at the request of putin