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> I m not sure if this can ever change within a centralizing communication medium like the internet,

The internet, centralising… what went wrong?



I found this to be a novel perspective on your question: https://samoburja.com/the-centralized-internet-is-inevitable...


wrong or right? The internet was designed to be "decentralized" in the sense of robust communications, but ultimately the goal was to convey the commands of one, centralized US army


The packet switching network was designed to be decentralized. That's layers 2-4 of the ISO/OSI model. Layer 7, the application level, is and always was a force of centralization.




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