> You can say whatever you want on servers you control, just as you always could.
Increasingly not true, because you can never control all the services you have to use. Servers are one thing, but you still have to rely on ISPs, cert providers, payment processors, and all that other good stuff.
> You can now, as you could always, try to build your own audience
I'm not speaking of Reddit or Twitter, I'm talking about a fairly controversial website, Kiwifarms. That site is proof enough of what I'm claiming.
The internet isn't what it once was and the "create your own" argument ignores the realities of keeping a site online and accessible.
Increasingly not true, because you can never control all the services you have to use. Servers are one thing, but you still have to rely on ISPs, cert providers, payment processors, and all that other good stuff.
> You can now, as you could always, try to build your own audience
I'm not speaking of Reddit or Twitter, I'm talking about a fairly controversial website, Kiwifarms. That site is proof enough of what I'm claiming.
The internet isn't what it once was and the "create your own" argument ignores the realities of keeping a site online and accessible.