[vitejose]

> You can just... use the Internet. Register your own domain, pay for your own hosting, or buy some servers, take out come ads. It's the Internet, you can still do anything.

Agreed. The infrastructure is there, and running a web server is pretty straightforward.

> Sure, if you host a bunch of white nationalist toxic garbage your registrar may revoke your domains.

I am not a die-hard "free speech" guy (especially when it comes to something as repugnant as white nationalism), but I do find the idea of having my domains suspended/revoked by my registrar a bit troubling. Let's say that someone wishes to publish material that no registrar wants to be associated with. Is the only option in that case to simply have no domain name? Just an IP or onion address? There's no Let's Encrypt for domains, right?

[mulmen]

I suppose you can start your own registrar but I'm not really gonna make that argument because clearly that's a major barrier. It's arguably the weakest point in the current internet model.

On the other hand yeah, you can still use the Internet without domains. And I guess it's an opportunity for someone to invent a new technology which will make the internet even stronger.

So while I don't think the internet is perfect I definitely don't think we need to tear it down or even make any huge changes. It's already really flexible and the few weak points (like domain registrars) are fixable and would benefit everyone.