Comment on Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet

Teknikal@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Hahaha

  Good luck doing that.

  People can’t even delay their non-essential shinies to make a statement against price gouging bullshit… You think they’re gonna willingly sacrifice something like internet? for a month?

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• TotalCourage007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I mean, wouldn’t lemmy qualify as darknet because it isn’t the top 10 websites? We should be growing the Federation anyways so I’m down for that. At least they won’t ban me for making Trump jokes.

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  • T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No, Darknet is just a website that’s not listed anywhere. Lemmy is listed in many places.

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  • InFerNo@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If it doesnt show up on page 2 it doesnt exist lol

    I think thats more the deep web than the dark web 😄

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    • Mossheart@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Soon there won’t be pages, just AI summarized slop.

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      • TotalCourage007@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Its already like that on certain websites like google. Do these companies think we are all tech illiterate olds?

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• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Uh huh. People are addicted. I’d bet even the people with petabyte home media systems will go into withdrawal within picoseconds after not being able to get more more more more more more

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Better would be to reject sites like reddit. Make them suffer instead.

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• NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Not sure about what the norms are where you live, but most people in the US have to sign 1-year agreements for Internet service, and those who don’t typically either pay more or would pay before because they’re on a cheaper, older rate that is grandfathered in and is no longer offered by the Internet service provider.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I pay for mine in cash, they don’t even know my name.

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    • NateNate60@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You can do that in the US as well, but it will cost more because you wouldn’t be agreeing to a fixed term. For example, my ISP charges $25 a month for 200 mb/s if you agree to a one-year term, but it’s $40 a month if you do not agree to a one-year term. And there’s also the added inconvenience of having to go to one of the ISP’s physical stores every month and put cash into their kiosk.

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• System_below@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Nah the government would love for nobody to have access to the internet lol

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  • btaf45@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The US government created the internet

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    • ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      It is so complicated that you’re both correct and incorrect. US government added to it, yes. I’d argue the fundamental work was independent researchers from multiple countries (UK, USA, France). I’d argue the critical infrastructure was multiple non-profits.

      Also the question is “what exactly is the beginning of the internet”. Is it usenet? Telnet? Arpanet?

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      • btaf45@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Nope. The US government Department of Defense literally funded and created the internet. It was initially called Arpanet and mainly US government sites. This is why few people use the .us domain. Because the initial domains .gov, .mil, .org etc were all USA sites. Usenet does not require the internet and telnet is simply one program using the internet.

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      • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Didn’t it all start at DARPA?

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• AngryRobot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I work from home. If I cancel my Internet connection, I can’t work.

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