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seydor wrote 2 hours 42 min ago:
We should tax cloudflare, aws etc. for using public infrastructure
renewiltord wrote 1 hour 57 min ago:
We do tax them, my dude.
mumber_typhoon wrote 4 hours 24 min ago:
Imagine a scenario where you want to start gardening. Go to gardening
clubs and you'll find a lot of free information there and people to
guide you. Public libraries exist if you want to join a book club and
start reading. Again free. Agriculture, irrigation, building homes,
woodworking, stitching clothes, etc. everything essential has been free
to learn and do.
Apply this to the internet and essentials are FOSS. Linux, DNS and
maybe RISCV someday will mean you can build computers and internet on
essentials that are free to learn and use.
cobertos wrote 19 min ago:
In the same analogy, doesn't that mean that vendor-locked software
like iOS or ChromeOS would be akin to vendor-locked seeds from
Monsanto?
staplers wrote 2 hours 27 min ago:
Raspberry Pi's obviously trying to make this a reality.
Learning to self-host and get off cloud services might be one of the
most personally freeing feelings I've had in a long time.
Rent-seeking is obviously growing out of control and one of the most
powerful ways to combat it is personal ownership (if possible).
charcircuit wrote 7 hours 5 min ago:
>In the cloud, hyperscale computing platforms such as Microsoft Azure,
Google Cloud, and
Amazon Web Services all operate significant resolver infrastructure to
support their services. At
least four of the biggest hyperscalers rely on FOSS for DNS resolving,
while others have built
proprietary solutions based on FOSS DNS libraries.
This is surprising. I would have expected them to have custom needs
with so many customers that using an off the shelf service would be
sufficient.
lofties wrote 5 hours 27 min ago:
It's all cURL.
jongjong wrote 9 hours 29 min ago:
But the infrastructure is highly centralized and only certain chosen
entities can operate gTLDs and certificate authorities. It's extremely
misleading to call it 'free software'. Why can't there be multiple
competing systems. There should be a push for Blockchain-based
alternatives. I still don't understand why projects like Unstoppable
Domains aren't getting more traction. The idea of a domain name that
you actually own is appealing.
renewiltord wrote 5 hours 15 min ago:
They just run one root. You can run a different root. E.g. Some
people run an ENS bridge.
zzo38computer wrote 8 hours 9 min ago:
I think that permanent identifiers might be helpful, which could
include a timestamp and other stuff. This can be combined with web of
trust, that it can then be verified in this way.
denkmoon wrote 8 hours 15 min ago:
There can be and are multiple competing systems. There are
alternative dns roots, opennic.org for example, and entirely separate
protocols like ipfs and i2p with their own methods of mapping names
to numbers.
You can go make your entire own alternative DNS system, with your own
governance and policy. Free as you like. You just have to convince
people to resolve against you.
lelandbatey wrote 8 hours 51 min ago:
I think you may be applying a very weird definition of "free
software", even compared to the usual gratis vs libre axis.
Also, I really don't think controlling a domain name NFT in a system
that's mostly computers you neither own nor control constitutes "more
ownership" than the IRL law and contract bound rental world we
currently live in. Especially if all the requirements and outcomes
(payments for control resulting in land grabs of valuable names) are
the same as our current system.
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