Current Events > Should Internet be a public utility?

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yes tbh

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After seeing what making the internet accessible and affordable to everyone has resulted in, absolutely not.

That said, I feel in a very basic fashion, the internet should be a freely-accessible utility as it's simply too ubiquitous and important for people to miss out on.

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CRON posted...

After seeing what making the internet accessible and affordable to everyone has resulted in, absolutely not.

That said, I feel in a very basic fashion, the internet should be a freely-accessible utility as it's simply too ubiquitous and important for people to miss out on.

so absolutely not, but yes?

im not vibing, just curious your reasoning/what your idea of it would look like

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Its becoming a necessity in the modern world so its something everybody should have access to but like with running water or electricity you have to pay for it.

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I mean, how far do you want to go? Everyone should have their own computer or like device

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Would the internet be better if it was a public utility?

If so, yes.

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Bananana posted...

so absolutely not, but yes?

im not vibing, just curious your reasoning/what your idea of it would look like

The internet at this point in time is a necessity and not having access to it drastically reduces your quality of living.

On the flipside, the world has become a goddamn mess due to too many people having unrestricted access to the internet; primarily social and video sharing platforms. Imagine what it'd be like if everyone had broadband/gigabit internet.

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Our devices should be ISPs. We should all be our own ISPs. So, a billion private entities basically.

There are cities in 3rd world countries that have city-wide private lan networks run by local citizens. Or there's an app in China, that uses a different kind of signal the cell phone gives out (like, the app uses the cell phones radio signal instead of internet data), and creates a private chat network among users of that app nearby each other; essentially a smart workaround to methods like text that wouldn't be private.

That's the model, but with better technology. Things like that are the future. Not public by the government in the way you might imagine, but the end result is the same, the internet becomes a lot better and more accessible.

Internet for all and no choice. Expect the older person that come from another Era.

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