Subj : Re: Notice that...
To   : boraxman
From : tenser
Date : Thu Feb 17 2022 11:39:46

On 16 Feb 2022 at 10:31p, boraxman pondered and said...
 
 bo>  te>  bo> But the newer Internet does suck.  Social Media, tracking, doxxi
 bo>  te>  bo> mandatory accounts and giving information to companies.  This su
 bo>  te>  bo> is definitely warranted.
 bo>  te> 
 bo>  te> You're describing applications of the Internet, not the Internet
 bo>  te> itself.  At this point, for all intents and purposes, BBSes and
 bo>  te> their networks are also applications of the Internet.  Indeed,
 bo>  te> Fidonet has relied on the Internet for international distribution
 bo>  te> for 30 years.
 bo>  te> 
 bo> 
 bo> For many people, these apps are the Internet.  Facebook have a deal in
 bo> some poorer countries to provide free Internet, which is really making a
 bo> deal with a carrier that they would load their phone so that people can
 bo> use a few websites without data charges.  For many of these people, they
 bo> think Facebook is the Internet.

Ah, but we know better, do we not?

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