This kind of shit is so painful to watch. I wonder if all these places have a lone, frustrated shitlord in the corner, trying to warn everyone that they really are out to get them.
I'd feel better about their naivety if there was some sort of end goal / positive outcome from this, i.e. accountability for our technological overlords, but it seems unlikely. At best, if it does somehow happen, it'll probably be a happy coincidence rather than "as planned".
Maybe I need to order a copper landline again, might need it right? If they even sell them anymore.
If I were to make a new platform for free speech I'd trust it on Yandex Cloud before I'd go to Amazon. Or hell, at least go to Microsoft where they seem to like to collect money more than they like political statements.
I'd almost do that for fun. I wish I still had my old short wave radio from when I was a kid. It was just a receiver. I looked a few months ago and those things are pricey now.
There's still enough old people that copper lines still are a thing. And if you don't have them, Universal Access laws might still require the phone company install them where you live.
Years ago I remember reading a story from someone who had tried for years to get the phone company to install copper for DSL, and they wouldn't do it. Eventually he found someone who told him "order phone service, then cancel it once they run the copper and get DSL". Sure enough that did the trick.
I don't know about Yandex Cloud, but their search engine is pretty decent. I moved to Bing years ago after Google went to shit, but I've been using Yandex search more and more lately and have been impressed.
Yeah I use it from time to time and a few of their other things too. Translate and image search are also both decent.
If you want to be totally immune to leftists, Yandex will certainly fit that bill. Just don't criticize the Russian government too much and you're good to go.
I can't imagine a platform that's been marketing itself as a place for deplorables doesn't have some kind of plan for this. On the other hand, we've seen services like this caught with their pants down before so I guess we'll see.
Yeah, Parler's leadership seem to be indicating they can work around this. Bitchute, Gab and Subscribestar have managed to survive and thrive without big tech supporting them. I don't doubt Parler can probably do the same.
If they were solely reliant on AWS and don't have a backup plan already, then well, that was just really piss poor planning.
Seems like they all have to learn that lesson.
RETVRN TO TRADITION
This kind of shit is so painful to watch. I wonder if all these places have a lone, frustrated shitlord in the corner, trying to warn everyone that they really are out to get them.
I'd feel better about their naivety if there was some sort of end goal / positive outcome from this, i.e. accountability for our technological overlords, but it seems unlikely. At best, if it does somehow happen, it'll probably be a happy coincidence rather than "as planned".
The goal is the elimination of political opposition.
https://kotakuinaction2.win/p/11RhTiogiK/history-2018-twitter-ceo-jack-do/c/ [history] 2018: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shared post for a single-party state of America. 2021: #walkaway campaign & staff deleted from Facebook
Accountability will only come from resolute individuals acting outside the bounds of the law sadly.
Now they can learn the hard way.
Maybe I need to order a copper landline again, might need it right? If they even sell them anymore.
If I were to make a new platform for free speech I'd trust it on Yandex Cloud before I'd go to Amazon. Or hell, at least go to Microsoft where they seem to like to collect money more than they like political statements.
I've actually been thinking of building a radio set into the back of my van.
I'd almost do that for fun. I wish I still had my old short wave radio from when I was a kid. It was just a receiver. I looked a few months ago and those things are pricey now.
TOR. I2P. Crypto.
Forget optics and respectiability. To be a conservative in America is to be equal to a criminal. Go dark.
Phone is harder to cancel since it legally is Common Carrier. Of course they could change that, but it would be a change.
There's still enough old people that copper lines still are a thing. And if you don't have them, Universal Access laws might still require the phone company install them where you live.
Years ago I remember reading a story from someone who had tried for years to get the phone company to install copper for DSL, and they wouldn't do it. Eventually he found someone who told him "order phone service, then cancel it once they run the copper and get DSL". Sure enough that did the trick.
Give it time. Microsoft activist employees will probably push to block website access at the os level in an update
I don't know about Yandex Cloud, but their search engine is pretty decent. I moved to Bing years ago after Google went to shit, but I've been using Yandex search more and more lately and have been impressed.
Yeah I use it from time to time and a few of their other things too. Translate and image search are also both decent.
If you want to be totally immune to leftists, Yandex will certainly fit that bill. Just don't criticize the Russian government too much and you're good to go.
I can't imagine a platform that's been marketing itself as a place for deplorables doesn't have some kind of plan for this. On the other hand, we've seen services like this caught with their pants down before so I guess we'll see.
[Archive] Statement from CEO of Parler as of 100300ZJAN21
iirc Parler said "oh we can't recover since our servers are on amazon" on tv.
Imagine my shock as Parler got nuked.
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Yeah, Parler's leadership seem to be indicating they can work around this. Bitchute, Gab and Subscribestar have managed to survive and thrive without big tech supporting them. I don't doubt Parler can probably do the same.
Slightly confusing update: They are anticipating <12 hours of downtime, but are telling people to come back Tuesday. ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯