• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
    71·
    2 months ago

    While it’s great that Russia is getting hit with digital sanctions, it does highlight how much we depend on majoritarily American GMAX (Google, Meta, Amazon and X) for communications and information.

    The internet shouldn’t be like this. That’s how you end up with limited access to important services and price gouging where net neutrality laws don’t exist.

    I feel really fortunate to have the fediverse.

    • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      This is just Russian internet infrastructure collapsing. Nothing to do with sanctions. Although digital sanctions have hit Russia, for the most part using a VPN works fine.

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
        21·
        2 months ago

        This is just Russian internet infrastructure collapsing. Nothing to do with sanctions.

        You don’t think those might be related???

  • Che Banana@beehaw.org
    4·
    2 months ago

    But I thought Vlad had made their own internet with blackjack & hookers and darn well didn’t need nobody else!

  • SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    No plans to conduct them, but the country did just experience one of the largest scale drone attacks of the war so far.

    That’s the fun part about having so much of your power in a country centralized in one person, is that big decisions can happen very fast. For better or worse.

  • Noodle07@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 months ago

    Oof, when you wake up and all that’s left to do is go outside and touch grass but it’s winter in Russia