First, consolidate the industries, so that we only have to deal with a few rather than many: Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and a few others. Have them buy up any and all innovative competitors and either rope them into their operations or shut them down completely.
Second, erect high regulations in the industry to make sure that these main players are permanent and not challenged anymore by punks in a garage somewhere.
Third, embed regime-sympathetic managers and investors at these institutions and gradually turn them from serving the public to serving the regime.
I remember a friend complaining about the crappy internet in his area. I asked him why he didn't switch to another provider, and he told me that Comcast was the only game in town because regulations prevented other providers from offering their services.
So it always warms my heart when I see an offbeat story about someone figuring out a way around that and also hooking their friends up.
They don't even need "regulations" per se. The byzantine policies of large companies are burdensome enough for small players to navigate.
If you wanted to, say, create an alternative to CloudFlare you're going to have to place servers in ISP datacenters, and there's going to be policies around that, and those policies are (probably) going to be a huge pain in the ass. And if they make them complicated enough said company may just give up, and now there's no more alternative to CloudFlare.
There were three steps in this process.
First, consolidate the industries, so that we only have to deal with a few rather than many: Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and a few others. Have them buy up any and all innovative competitors and either rope them into their operations or shut them down completely.
Second, erect high regulations in the industry to make sure that these main players are permanent and not challenged anymore by punks in a garage somewhere.
Third, embed regime-sympathetic managers and investors at these institutions and gradually turn them from serving the public to serving the regime.
This is why we should support kiwifarms and gab
I remember a friend complaining about the crappy internet in his area. I asked him why he didn't switch to another provider, and he told me that Comcast was the only game in town because regulations prevented other providers from offering their services.
So it always warms my heart when I see an offbeat story about someone figuring out a way around that and also hooking their friends up.
They don't even need "regulations" per se. The byzantine policies of large companies are burdensome enough for small players to navigate.
If you wanted to, say, create an alternative to CloudFlare you're going to have to place servers in ISP datacenters, and there's going to be policies around that, and those policies are (probably) going to be a huge pain in the ass. And if they make them complicated enough said company may just give up, and now there's no more alternative to CloudFlare.