Cyborganism

One thing we need to mention is funding.

While BlueSky may benefit from venture capital, free (as in beer) open source projects where user data is not commercially exploited for revenue do not have the same benefit. They rely a LOT on donations for running the infrastructure and for the hours and hard work that people are putting in.

Good point.

Yeah it sounds to me more like important services are being blocked.

While it’s great that Russia is getting hit with digital sanctions, it does highlight how much we depend on majoritarily American GMAX (Google, Meta, Amazon and X) for communications and information.

The internet shouldn’t be like this. That’s how you end up with limited access to important services and price gouging where net neutrality laws don’t exist.

I feel really fortunate to have the fediverse.