1/ I just published a massive article called "Recovering Our Lost Free Will Online: Tools and Techniques That Are Available Now" https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10231-recovering-our-lost-free-will-online-tools-and-techniques-that-are-available-now
I will summarize some key points in this thread, but please do check out the article.
2/ Recovering free will online
The limitations of #online: sometimes #offline is useful. Think big: if offline were easy, what could you do?
Practically, #NNCP, #UUCP, and #Scuttlebutt all are here today and can help show the way.
3/ Recovering free will online
Free our physical and data link layers. You don't have to use Internet from a phone company. Try #LoRA or #XBee radios, or 5GHz point-to-point. Or, heck, NNCP over USB sticks in a car. #Meshtastic is an off-the-grid IM system that does this. What else could you do if you dream big here?
@jgoerzen while I love most of this thread, are decentralized internets really viable as a useful thing?
I don't see how they can be, there just isn't enough spectrum to use wireless options in densely populated places and cables have good reason to favor single operator role outs.
@LovesTha There are also some large successful meshes. See NYCMesh for instance