the state should be required to provide:
- post services
- some form of broadcast medium (radio or TV)
- some form of 1-to-1 synchronous communication (telephony or IM)
- any other infrastructure that a law may require a citizen to use
to every citizen, in such a way that the citizen:
- doesn't need to have any special device, or
- can buy a device will stay compatible with the infrastructure for the next 50 years
should the state decide to have a market for one of those things instead, the state must make sure at least one market participant satisfies the above criteria (eg. subsidize one telco to keep 2G around)
nostr:npub10cq07ulfyc7y2l8rczk9s36g8j65tq3m6xk9us8hr3ua4ktfmaqq9a6nm3 usually law doesn't require modern technology but you tend to interact with it via middlemen who do.
i had a question during covid about whether a court could compel you to agree to zoom's terms of service in order to attend court, because requiring you to attend court via zoom implicitly forces you in to a contract with a third party.
