• almar_quigley@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    lol, what the fuck even is this comment? 2008 the internet was already getting quite fucked. The internet setting information free idealization is all the way back in the 90’s. And I’m no capitalist apologist but communism ain’t gonna make the internet better.

    • CriticalMiss@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Shit gets worse over time, so every body remembers how when they first got access to the internet it was better. They’re not wrong, they just weren’t there for the usenet times.

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      1 year ago

      You’re probably right I had been a bit behind regarding the discourse about the internet. I was in my early teenage years and just started knowing about it.

      And for your second claim: If you define communism the way I usually do (the social principle of coorperating to fulfill everyones needs), it seems likely the internet would be designed towards peoples needs, rather than companies profits. Of course it would still consume ressources to provide cat videos, but the required ressources might be less, since cooperating/sharing ressources is more efficient than competing.