[damiante]

I was thinking about how to solve this given that one of the primary problems is that of fast, global content distribution. I like the idea of paying people in crypto as part of a ledger transaction to host and serve content, like bittorrent with a crypto payment. Unfortunately I can't also think of a way to prevent such a system from being abused to distribute harmful media such as CP. I guess it's not like this isn't a problem with BitTorrent today though.

[akudha]

Regulation might here - something like minimum mandatory 3 months notice for shutting down the API keys. Considering the average age of our politicians, I doubt they’ll understand what “API” is, much less be willing to take on giant tech corporations even if they did understand the problems

[ElFitz]

> […] much less be willing to take on giant tech corporations […]

I’d argue that, on the contrary, it seems to be all the rage lately.

[akudha]

Not really. There is a big difference between making noise and actually doing something about the power of big tech.

[xp84]

Yeah, what’s popular is actually to crap all over the first amendment by mandating private companies to allow whatever each politician’s special definition of “free speech” is (but of course probably also not allowing whatever the politician’s definition of “dangerous misinformation” is).

As for the actual anticompetitive power of big tech, absolute crickets.

[ElFitz]

And yet: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41164240

It isn't much, but I'd like to see that as a start.