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I mean, it doesn't have to be worse to be bad. I've seen multiple studies that put streaming as having less of a carbon footprint than physical media, but then we use it more because it's so plentiful. I see it as the difference between ice cars vs electric. Capitalism isn't gonna let us find the efficient, eco-friendly alternative to cars or anything else because they're keeping us captive in their framework of discourse.
at least improvements in efficiency when they are allowed to happen are easier to implement in centralized systems
Not if it costs money to implement those improvements.
US telecom infrastructure: