[ih] History from 1960s to 2025

[Johan Helsingius]

On 18/12/2025 6:11 am, Karl Auerbach via Internet-history wrote:
> My point in that paragraph above is that from the point of view of many
> consumers/users of the Internet the world is less end-to-end principle
> of IP packets and more about people's favorite applications working
> (without regard for the quality or elegance of the underlying protocol
> plumbing.)

Indeed, and isn't that what is happening with Google, Apple and
Microsoft that have gotten to the point where they control the
full path from app to cloud service, and have already started
introducing new protocols (such as QUIC) and their own name
services etc.?

	Julf