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Comment by thebigshane | Hacker News Reader

It feels weird (as a conservative leaning pseudo-libertarian) believing that Big Business is doing a far better job of screwing up the Internet than Big Brother.

The next step will be prohibiting US-based services from providing truly-encrypted communication/storage.

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Big Business is rather influenced by Big Brother in this case. In much of the US the telecommunications industry receives heavy funding from local and state governments to build out their networks. There might be much more competition (or not, who knows!) if it wasn't for the regulations, subsidies, and municipal monopolies that are granted.

I'm not saying it would be better, but the telecommunications market isn't even close to a free market.

  Big Business is rather influenced by Big Brother in this case.

I don't think Big Brother would be pushing so hard against copyright infringers if it weren't for Big Business lobbying, particularly Big Media. Big Brother is the accomplice, Big Media is the culprit.

If you want to threaten others, best to use and influence the entity that is "allowed" to use aggressive force. If you had to threaten internet users one-by-one with guns, you might discredit yourself. Best to use Uncle Sam.

I could imagine ISPs blocking VPN for personal (non-business) internet accounts.

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