this also concerns the Parler/AWS saga. the hypermodernist dream of an infinitely scalable cloud is contingent on political alignment; an invisible constraint, keenly felt by those outside the lines
the future is already here, just unevenly distributed
https://thenewstack.io/why-parler-cant-rebuild-a-scalable-cloud-service-from-scratch/
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RT @pee_zombie
from a state-actor perspective private blue-teamers are arms dealers, public re…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1351778921352728576
with the mainstream able to obtain timeshares to Amazon's massive datacenters, we become easily deluded into mistaking this access for a universal utility
the unassuming term "vendor lock-in" obscures the nature of the relevant power relations, & who owns the means of production
when you do not own the physical machines you depend on for your livelihood, your lifestyle is contingent on your obedience, at the whims of a more powerful class
blinded by the sparkle of the hypermodernist promise, we eagerly disarm ourselves; it's more efficient, after all!
@pee_zombie today I googled cybermarxism and learnt that it's actually kinda a thing.
this power imbalance can be redressed by a resurgence of direct ownership of physical machines, colo'd in facilities which rise to meet this demand for control of one's own digital destiny. Amazon is not required to service us; let the market decide. let us go back to the metal.