Post by @Whelks_chance@lemmy.world

2026-10-30 18:06 UTC

It’s not entirely incorrect. It wouldn’t be efficient for us to all purify our own rainwater or generate our own electricity at home either. Centralising stuff is more efficient. But then it should be treated as a public service and heavily regulated. They can’t have it both ways.

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@jonathan7luke@lemmy.zip 2026-10-30 18:27

I get where you’re coming from, but rainwater doesn’t hold a trove of personal information and/or influence daily decision making. To reduce compute down to simply a resource supply issue is ignoring the primary reasons people care about digital sovereignty: privacy, transparency, freedom (i.e. free speech), etc.

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@mimic_kry@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-30 18:44

I just want to point out that this particular line of logic deadends in fascism. Look at the US government. Look at all forms of centralization. The point isn’t efficiency, which is arguable what with how quickly data centers burn through ram sticks and other parts. We burn resources faster when we centralize, in most cases, where applicable. The point of centralization is always about control. Specifically, the few in control of the many.

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