Then the libraries would have to pay for hosting, so they’d have to be the ones selling user data to advertisers and stuff. Hence the extra degree of separation / “plausible deniability”
What? Libraries don’t sell data to advertisers to acquire, maintain and lend books. Why would they do that to provide ebooks? You unitedstatians got used to this bizarre mix of private corporations and public services and ended up accepting the premise that it’s somehow mandatory.
I’m not accepting the premise, that’s why I use nostr on the internet and actual library buildings off the internet.
But it is mandatory, whether that’s acceptable or not. Authorities in the US aren’t gonna suddenly change their mind when it’s your local librarian instead of the Internet Archive trying to run things differently from the corporations. The librarian needs better infrastructure to stand up to the authorities and break away from the corporate way
What? Libraries don’t sell data to advertisers to acquire, maintain and lend books. Why would they do that to provide ebooks? You unitedstatians got used to this bizarre mix of private corporations and public services and ended up accepting the premise that it’s somehow mandatory.
I’m not accepting the premise, that’s why I use nostr on the internet and actual library buildings off the internet.
But it is mandatory, whether that’s acceptable or not. Authorities in the US aren’t gonna suddenly change their mind when it’s your local librarian instead of the Internet Archive trying to run things differently from the corporations. The librarian needs better infrastructure to stand up to the authorities and break away from the corporate way
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