zdch: AOL's closed decade was 'basically fine'—on the internet under a monopoly carrier
zdch · x · 2026-09-14
Responding to Neil Chilson's question of whether the commercial internet would exist under a monopoly carrier, zdch argued AOL's decade as a closed network was "basically fine, arguably better in some ways," clarifying he isn't advocating perpetuating the Bell monopoly—just that the actual area under the curve worked out pretty well.
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