Dozens Of Knockoff Internets Flood Market After Patent Expires

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NEW YORK—In an effort to quickly and inexpensively piggyback on the success of the original global computer network, dozens of knockoff internets reportedly began flooding the market Wednesday immediately after the patent expired. “Mere hours after the internet’s utility patent from 1976 ran out, dozens of inferior…

NEW YORK—In an effort to quickly and inexpensively piggyback on the success of the original global computer network, dozens of knockoff internets reportedly began flooding the market Wednesday immediately after the patent expired.

“Cheaply made web frameworks such as Enternet and Connectlinks only provide the flimsiest reproduction of the existing internet’s vast capability—most of them are created in China and other parts of the world where quality control is lax or nearly nonexistent.

 

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You forgot “AllTheWebPages”

The original Usenet is still around.. 😏

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'you're connected to it, but nothing's connected to you'

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I think I just logged on to my internet.

Not ashamed to admit I lol'd at webbidy

I mean this is kind of happening to the web in certain countries though - heavily censored web

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I’ll take any of those over Comcast.

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