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The Internet Didn't Fail. It Was Taken. (www.youtube.com)
submitted 22 hours ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/videos@lemmy.world
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[–] foofighter@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Glad this was posted here because I thought his script sounded really AI generated (or at least super PR speak). The below quotes really stood out as jarring having heard and read through a lot of AI slop, but the overwhelming praise given throughout the script to the concepts of youtubers and their viewers and finally his new product all also gave me that weird AI deja vu.

1:29 "Soon, the press wasn't just a press; it was information traveling in waves through the air.

7:35 "Newpress isn't just another media channel or media company. It's more of an idea. An idea that journalism can be done differently..."

8:21 "It's not breaking news; it's nourishing in-depth journalism that teaches you how the world works."

I generally enjoy Harris' content (the bunker video is something I actually sent to a friend and had a whole conversation about - incredible video), so I'm really not trying to be a hater. What I'm actually hating is that picking up on stray deja vu is sometimes the only real way you can know something is AI anymore, and because it's such a vague reference point I come away with an uneasy feeling about sources like Harris that I would otherwise have been comfortable to treat as trustworthy.

[–] Hackworth@piefed.ca 22 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The world's richest men are concentrating control over the pipes through which all of this is running, all of our information.

I'm afraid we're in/nearing the endgame of this tug of war, and we don't control the physical infrastructure. Without an ISP that isn't in bed with the government/corporatocracy, I'm not sure how we even keep freedom of speech alive long-term.

[–] pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It's far from a perfect solution at this point, but I've been quite curious about the reticulum mesh network recently. I was looking into it as a disaster resiliency thing, but LBR, is this not also a disaster of a form?

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

In a similar but different vein I feel the need to callout veilid. https://veilid.com/ It's like tor meets IPFS except no crypto involved. The idea is it's an anonymous network and data storage scheme that's meant to allow developers to make apps which don't require server infrastructure and associated costs. They want functional easy to use apps to have strong privacy protections baked in instead of bolted on after by powerusers.

[–] pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

This looks super interesting and is new to me; definitely going to check it out, thanks!

[–] TractorDuffy@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Why is this better than tor?

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 hours ago

Not better. It's meant for a different niche. The veilid network is not a proxy, but is an anonimized by default network of its own that uses internet infrastructure but does not interact with the traditional web. There are also differences in the private routing, primarily the decision to let sources and destinations both choose part of the chain of chain of nodes traffic is routed through. Again, the idea is to build it into apps rather than putting the responsibility of hiding your ip and identity on the user.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Radio (and some bigass antennas i guess)

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

You don't own the radio waves. The government will come after you if you run unlicensed antennas.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago

License them then?

If your point is that you technically own nothing and the government is all-seeing - that doesn't seem to stop the flow of information. We'll adapt just like we adapted to torrent trackers.

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I just messaged them and asked them to invest in their platform and consider the Fediverse. Everyone should reach out to them support@newpress.com and let them know a great way to take the power back is to own your own content.

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It would be amazing if they go that route.

Unfortunately I expect they will prioritise profits.

Still, we shouldn't disgard imperfect allies.

[–] ozoned@piefed.social 1 points 12 minutes ago

They got back to me and said they're focused on getting their platform up and running at the moment, but it's something they're consider in the future.

While it isn't a win, it's not a loss. We're chipping away. Big Tech will die by a billion cuts, and we will help free others. We just need more folks chipping away.

See someone you might think could help, just reach out and ask. The odds are, it'll be a no. The odds are it'll be a maybe later. But those odds are getting better and better daily for us. People are waking up.

Speak out. Help those even hear about it for the first time. We'll get there. We have 30 years to undo. No better time to start than now.

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 3 points 16 hours ago

It was stolen.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

If Johnny Harris wants to help take the Internet back, why is he on YouTube and NOT on Nebula?

[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago

If you want to reach people, you need to be where the people are.

For now it's YouTube and reddit etc. We've seen PieFed users spike by making posts on reddit.

Sometimes you got to use the platforms you're competing with the grow something new

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

Because this question is the first time I"ve ever heard about Nebula