(…) the story of the Soviet internet is a reminder that we internet users enjoy no guarantees that the private interests propping up the internet will behave any better than those greater forces whose unwillingness to cooperate not only spelled the end of Soviet electronic socialism but threatens to end the current chapter in our network age.
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Apple.com celebrates 20 years
20 years ago, Apple started its website. It was another era. Apple was the outsider fighting to remain alive beside the giant Microsoft. Irony, the rebels that fought hard against IBM and Microsoft for their abuse of dominant position are now doing the same, with Google and Facebook. Different actors, same practices.