The fact that you have to figure out whether the discussion you're trying to join is on Twitter or Bluesky, Mastodon or Instagram – that is just the most Prodigy/AOL/Compuserve-ass way of running a digital world. I mean, 1990 called and they want their walled gardens back
current silos compared to AOL and Compuserve era. Good one
The splinternet thesis gets its Western chapter. Not US-China separation, but US-EU divergence inside allied markets—subtler, but more margin-destructive. Big Tech that can operationally bifurcate wins near-term. X-style political defiance loses because EU enforcers smartly choose process violations over content disputes.
Regulatory differences are of all time and splinternet it is not, which implies hard (tech) breaks. Additionally the DSA is unifying for Europe, part of the digital single market. It only looks like divergence to any incumbents outside the EU.
A proposal to revive short wave radio, esp to overcome splinternet and internet blocking conditions. Mentions radio transmitted text. Mentioning ham transceivers capable of this. Seems a suggestion, of which none of the parts currently are in place (not broadcasters, not equipment, not antennaparks (RNWO shut down their stuff in 2012, since then a tiny part goes on internet only), not receivers. Interesting though, re #2025/03/23 Ius Winterwandeling dinner conversation on SSB.