Okay Geek Farm
A frightning example of what the Internet is becoming
Brandon Davenport
So, when when we look at the state of the internet today, it’s not as great as it was a few years ago, but it’s pretty good. We have access to any website under the sun, any video, movie, song or news clip ever recorded and any book, text or article ever created. Life’s good on the internet, and it’s opened doors for many companies (basically every company you care about) and it’s opened gateways to the rest of the world. It’s entertainment, information, communication and creation and it could be the most valuable asset of the 21st century.
Recently, things have gotten a bit sour and the internet we know and love has started slipping out of our hands and into the pockets of old, tired and lazy companies who are throwing their weight around to prevent themselves from going out of business. They are basically risking the entire internet to save their old-fashioned business model, and we (the users) are the only thing that can stop them.
Internet and Cable providers want a teired internet — What that means is that you only get chunks of the internet with a very small monthly datacap (500MB - 2GB) and you pay for each of them separately. Want access to Youtube, Vimeo and Flickr? That will be $10 every month. Want access to Digg, Reddit and Stumbleupon? That’ll be $15/mo. Want to access the “entire” internet? That’ll be $30/mo. (torrent sites, 4Chan and other “infringing websites” not included). ‘
Here’s where it really hurts. Smaller sites like Okay Geek, Digital Chumps, LukeTechTips, TechInch, GeekTyrant and GDGT will all be stifled of any available traffic, and we would all have to shut down and give up. Here’s a breakdown of the fireball headed our way.
This is what could be coming
We reccomend — Reading this reddit thread to learn more
