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Posted in Antitrust, DRM, GNU/Linux, Microsoft at 5:49 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
> Image: Why Did Amazon Web Services Shut Down WikiLeaks?
Why Did Amazon Web Services Shut Down WikiLeaks? Because Amazon doesn’t care about Wikileaks, and moreover it does not wish to help expose the crimes of the rich
Summary: Time after time people will be reminded — or learn the hard way — that self reliance and avoidance of disappointment typically requires self-hosting, proper standards, free software, and simplicity, not outsourcing, large frameworks, and other kinds of unnecessary complexity
First I came to ActiveX But Microsoft lost the Web wars, so my Web site stopped working
Then I came to Flash But it was a security dumpster fire and total catastrophe, so it’s abandonware now
Then I came to AMP But it didn’t accomplish anything useful, except spying by Google
Then I came to ClownFlare But my Web site became unavailable at times, due to their systems, not mine
Then I came to Twitter But my account got banned, for mentioning where Elvis Presley died
Then I created a YouTube channel But it turned out my subscribers could no longer see my videos
Then I joined a large IRC network But my channel was taken over by its true masters
Then I hosted on Amazon But it turned out I was just a transient tenant to them
Then I created a GitHub account But it turned out that Microsoft could take it down without notice or due process
Then I joined Google+ But I didn’t know I’d soon lose all my “friends”
Then I joined the Fediverse But it only worked OK until the site shut down
Then I got a Chromebook But everything I bought it for became unavailable after 24 months of system updates
Then I bought some music But it stopped working when they shut down the DRM servers
Then I wrote in Blogspot But the interface suddenly changed, without first consulting me
Then I donated to the Open Source Initiative But later I realised they were sending my money to Microsoft
Then I bought a fitness tracker But instead of improving my health it sold my data
Then I decided to read e-books But Bezos decided to remotely delete some of them
Then I bought a printer to print my e-books But HP remotely controlled my printer to curtail ‘unauthorised’ ink
Then I downloaded Chrome But it turned out Chrome was downloading and uploading my data
Then I bought a car But later it turned out it came with listening devices I was unable to remove or disconnect
And then I bought a smartphone But it turned out the only intelligent thing about it is the intelligence agencies
Then I downloaded GNU/Linux But my ISP sent me threats for that █
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