# The internet's decentralized origins ended with four companies in control

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-10-24
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** The Supercloud - by Greg Osuri, Akash (Cosmoverse)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:45 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmEVbRTw_5k&t=45s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2024-10-24-the-internet-s-decentralized-origins-ended-with-fo-jfjv/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "The internet's decentralized origins ended with four companies in control," The Supercloud - by Greg Osuri, Akash (Cosmoverse), 24 Oct 2024, 00:00:45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmEVbRTw_5k&t=45s

## Quote — verbatim

> Picture this: in 1969 the first and most widely adopted decentralized network was created to withstand a nuclear attack, and today we end up with four companies controlling the internet... Have you really forgotten the very principles that gave birth to this digital age?

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Opening framing; the talk is a back-to-first-principles argument for decentralization rather than an Akash pitch.