alt Hacker NewsThe catholic church fought the printing press for hundreds of years. Lets see how long our rulers fight the internet.
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fithisux • today at 3:30 AM
It's far worse.
themafia • today at 3:32 AM
The printing press was very much an invention /not/ at the disposal of the citizens. It analogizes poorly to the Internet.
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No they didn’t, quite the opposite, they were the main customers and and certainly accelerated the spread of the technology. Of course banning the printing of specific books is another matter.
Islamic countries OTOH handle banned or strictly restricted its use. Coincidentally most progress there ceased and they were stuck in the 1500s for the next 400 years or so..