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Why do a handful of rich men get to control how the world communicates? (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

And even with alternatives, corporations own all the infrastructure.

It depends on what you mean by infrastructure. If you mean ISPs, then the majority of their infrastructure was built with public funds. It's public infrastructure... They use your infrastructure.

My data still has to pass through their pipes

For sure. Which is why encryption and anti-censorship tools were and are created.