• Xanza@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Because people are generally too lazy to setup alternatives.

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      2 days ago

      And even with alternatives, corporations own all the infrastructure. There is no publicly owned and operated infrastructure anymore.

      My data still has to pass through their pipes, and if at some point they decide they don’t like my data, they can just block it from going through their pipes entirely. Coupled with deep consolidation of ISPs, it means effectively being blocked from communications on the internet.