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Recode Media with Peter Kafka on Apple Podcasts
podcasts.apple.comPrivatizing is effective, and solves problems for users rather than protocol designers. But it does go against the spirit of the original network.
Byrne Hobart • The Promise and Paradox of Decentralization
What to watch: Now telecom companies are interested in bundling broadband service with over-the-top video services, but will need to offer a compelling value-add to consumers who are now used to buying services a-la-carte.
Kim Hart • Attention Required! | Cloudflare
Harry Campbell, who started a blog and podcast
Sarah Kessler • Gigged: The Gig Economy, the End of the Job and the Future of Work
In practice, the only factor that makes any serious difference for Internet neutrality is investment in bandwidth. If bandwidth is scarce, it will have to be allocated preferentially, regardless of the laws.
George Gilder • Life After Google
Ezra: I'm convinced that an Internet where you can have ownership and scarce goods is a big deal. My skepticism is that people have mistaken a power problem for a technological problem. I don't understand what about the technology changes the desire for the customer that wants ease of use, simplicity, and that platform developing escalating power (... See more
Ezra Klein • Opinion | A Crypto Optimist Meets a Crypto Skeptic (Published 2021)
Today, another 120 years later, we take wires completely for granted. This is most unwise. People who use the Internet (or for that matter, who make long-distance phone calls) but who don't know about wires are just like the millions of complacent motorists who pump gasoline into their cars without ever considering where it came from or how it foun... See more
Wired • Mother Earth Mother Board
The disenshittified internet starts with loyal “user agents”
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