woodymcpecks

I wonder if the choices are linear as they look. Why not a future where if the internet becomes an increasingly totalitarian medium, we're able to just make it a small, optional part of our lives?

If the state of freedom in the entire world depends on a single medium, and we're unable to change that with even ten years of warning, we've got some (well, some more) serious problems.

Are we still trying to make this work? This whole concept is a blight on the online economy.

I'm surprised he didn't touch on the US/UK/France's war on encryption.

If it gets to the level of bad OP is thinking about, no kid is going to keep it just to do school research projects. You might as well just print out some stuff from the school computers at that point.

Thankfully it won't. Most of the old California industries are legacy.

Dude, it's Ycombinator - what do you expect? If you submit a Techcrunch article about it, it'll be at the top in 20 upvotes.

Paywall-free link: https://archive.is/Qb9jD

Regardless of what Google is doing, it seems like just another sign that the internet is becoming more and more a new generation of cable TV than a platform for universal knowledge. And it's becoming it with thunderous applause...

Seems a little past it's prime. Why would you want this when you have the internet?