Existential ComicsCapitalism didn't give us the internet.
Large-scale cooperation, open protocols, and free software gave us the internet. Capitalism gave us mobile sites that don't work because fifteen ads cover the screen.
Greenpete@existentialcomics The U.S. government gave us the Internet, so the tax payer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET
I think you mean the (World Wide) Web.
CosmonautCat@greenpete @existentialcomics which is still not "capitalism" as in private ownership or a market.
@greenpete @existentialcomics what was your point then?
@sememmon @existentialcomics That the OP is confusing the Internet with the web.
Tony Kennick@greenpete @sememmon @existentialcomics
You can't complain about OP conflating the Internet with the WWW when you have confused ARPANET with the protocols it was built on, and the development of the internet from it.
While ARPANET was funded by the US government a lot of what came before and after wasn't. Some of it was funded by other governments, some by private corporations, some was volunteer driven.
You can't complain about OP conflating the Internet with the WWW when you have confused ARPANET with the protocols it was built on, and the development of the internet from it.
While ARPANET was funded by the US government a lot of what came before and after wasn't. Some of it was funded by other governments, some by private corporations, some was volunteer driven.
@greenpete @sememmon @existentialcomics
“Large-scale cooperation, open protocols, and free software gave us the internet” is a pretty good summary, even if it doesn't say much specifically about the diversity of funding models.
“Large-scale cooperation, open protocols, and free software gave us the internet” is a pretty good summary, even if it doesn't say much specifically about the diversity of funding models.