Wishes for this Season

Whether you're about to do so, or already done...
Whether you're commemorating or celebrating...
Whatever this Season is named in your hearts...
May it be kind to you and those around you.

Digital Cloud Balkanisation

Apparently, this is a thing to worry about. Especially with about a third of the planet trying to lurch back towards authoritarianism, fascism, "illiberal democracy", autocracy, etc. at whatever speed they can muster over the objections of the people they assert the right to master.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/17/1014967/balkanization-cloud-computing-bad-everyone/

To some extent, as users of Dreamwidth, we have to subscribe to this POV ourselves or lose some degree of contact with one another. And we definitely consider that international communication and community to be a public good.

How do we deal with this?