Well the more you know...
I think that the image you paint is quite dystopian, I do not think you are very far off though. It looks to me that our billionaires and governments in the west are intent on creating the future all the science fiction authors warned us about.
A perfect diagnosis.
Colour me suprised.
Maybe the VPN/ISP/Home companies should rebrand as LLM/AI companies, then copyright won't even exist anymore. Problem solved.
Spot on. It also doesn't claim to to offer anonymity, there are other apps for that.
This is one of the worst abuses of power I have seen. I hope it goes well for PA
Perfect Analogy!
I mean he is right, I feel like this decision spits in the face of the spirit of the Debian social contract but whatever I guess... Considering Debian's position and how many projects rely on it I understand why the decision has been reached but that tells me it is thinking of itself as a business and not a community first.
I have a deep respect for the Wikimedia Foundation but this looks like a pattern of behaviour form them. are there any alternatives worth looking into?
This is just how root certificates work no? The assumption that the Russians will abuse this is just as valid for any US company, given what we know form the Snowden leaks.