Bell system

2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 27, 2019 by Cory Doctorow · said 11 times in 2 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Nov 27, 2019 negative
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Doctorow: Big Tech's calls for regulation are bids for state monopoly
“And, you know, Facebook is positioning itself to become a state monopoly like the Bell system was, as is Google, as is Apple, right? All of these companies, they want to be, when they say, please regulate us, right? When they say, please make rules to tell us …”
Cory Doctorow Nov 27, 2019 ▶ 27:40 Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-Lacroix on Adversarial Interoperability · Y Combinator
Nov 27, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Doctorow: Dismantling the Bell System was essential for modern internet technologies
“And, you know, it held back modems. It held back the internet. It held back you know, early Usenet. It was only the dismantling of the Bell system that enabled the next generation to emerge.”
Cory Doctorow Nov 27, 2019 ▶ 27:29 Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-Lacroix on Adversarial Interoperability · Y Combinator
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