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Robᵉʳᵗ Graham 🤔 [no longer at DEF CON] @ErrataRob
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So I have a question about Apple podcasts and I'm too lazy to figure it out myself, I mean like really lazy. Does their "Podcasts" app, plus Homepod, get podcasts anywhere else but Apple store?
2/ What I'm really asking is how much of a limit on Alex Jones free-speech is being banned from Apple store? Is there a protocol compatible with Podcasts/Homepod? or do I need to install a different app in order to listen to them?
3/ Similar questions vis-a-vis YouTube banning Alex Jones. He can easily setup a website to provide his videos, but what about things like zero-rating "unlimited video" offered by cell phone companies? Will that be supported?
4/ What I'm really asking is whether the web is still this idealized libertarian dream, peer-to-peer, not governed by central authorities? Or, has it become so centralized that it's impractical to communicate when the big authorities decide to censor you?
5/ Alex Jones is the sort of garbage that major services won't want to support, because it'll drag them down, so I support them. On the other hand, this smacks of censorship, so I care that Alex Jones should still be able to reach his audience without hindrance.
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