[throwaway48476]

There was once a time people were able to host their own content.

[izacus]

Yeah, but HNers now demand that the hosters police and surveil the content of the customers they host for - even if they have no warrant or takedown requests from the governments.

Which, obviously, leaves only the largest companies able to play the mercenary police.

[throwaway48476]

The big companies found a way to centralize the decentralized internet.