So why keep believing it? It's like people have bought into several different lies, and are acting as if that's just the way it is. When it's not.
It's almost as if we keep slipping into some sort of "escape from freedom" sort of totalitarian dynamic, when in fact, open publishing of literally *everything* could happen, right now, and everybody could ditch Amazon, right now. The rest would be up to the readers, which is true anyway.
If people want an open network, stop shit-talking open things
@sneak @poiseunderchaos that's... debatable. pushing packets come with an entire surveillance metadata, for ad tracking. It keeps growing.
Also, streaming means redownloading same content anytime you want to watch it.
If anything, DVD is more like buying in bulk.