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by vokep 2576 days ago
I think they might be surprised it isn't worse. The fact the internet exists at all is insane. The internet in some form maybe was inevitable, but most likely alternatives would be companies growing ever larger walled gardens until interconnection was a necessary next step. Instead we got a ton of infrastructure for military and academic work allowed use by public resulting in a huge free network for all. Sure facebook is trying to undo that, but the fact they have to put in effort at all is awesome.