i’ve been concerned about this as well and as a non-tech savvy person, it’s hard to figure out how to even learn about ways around it. techie stuff is aggressively gatekept - in fact, i came across some interesting articles about LoRa communications and Reticulum Network, but i can’t find anything written up that doesn’t assume a certain level competence or background in tech - so i tried to ask in a socialist prepper subreddit, where i was told that i should not be interested unlearning about Reticulum Network because it’s way too advanced and only hardcore techies are capable of using that.
but anyway - wrt the concern of privatized internet infrastructure, i think that Reticulum thingie could be promising if the nerds ever start sharing their toys with us lolol
i downloaded the ARRL Ham Radio Licensing Manual and I do plan to get into it once i find safe/stable housing (currently homeless)