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		mattbee on Jan 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler You need to rely on the net as a whole - which allows for multiple hosts and carriers and a lot of flexibility between them.

Closi on Jan 12, 2021 [–]

But there are two problems:

1) Some parts are still single points of failure, e.g. domains, dns servers

2) There are switching costs (particularly on the infra slide) both in time and money (time was the issue here).

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