brachiosaurus

Why is nobody mentioning funkwhale in this thread?

https://www.funkwhale.audio/

However, I would argue that Europe achieving defense independence from the US military industrial complex is a good thing.

I would argue that spotify ceo doesn't give a shit about europe achieving defense independence (the company donated money to trump). I would also argue that europe pretty much already spend in war as much russia does and that wasting public money in war is not a good thing.

You can try to have a serious discussion where you want but don't expect to get anything much serious out of comic strips and memes.

Why are you all trying to have a serious discussion under a comic strip?

Wi-Fi mesh might be possible with neighbors, but mitm is extremely likely.

While not secure it could still provide a free and censorship-less alternative to the internet

Frankly, the answer should be for every site to just cut the UK off entirely.

Tech corporations own most popular and visited websites/services, they are not going to do it. That said you have countries with major websites blocked like russia or china, while it upset many people censored internet is also a strong tool to brainwash people so don't assume a blockage would lead to a positive outcome.

The main thing to do is remain calm, make it a key voter issue, and watch the bastards fold right before the next election.

What's your plan to make it a key voter issue? Lamenting about it on censored internet?

We need bulletproof alternatives and solutions.

You are not overreacting, an alternative to internet is needed and it's not that hard to create, there are many projects already of networks working over radio and wifi, we should probably just stick to one of these and work to expand it

Do you actually believe the government care about people not watching porn? The whole point is mass surveillance and to extend ID verification to the internet.

How do they suck? They have their pro and cons, i would still take them as an alternative to a for profit private corporation.

You are commenting in a thread about mastercard and visa policing payments and still in denial about someone coming up with a decentralized alternative?