In elaborate terms: you have the ability to change any one of the protocols, specifications, designs or standards of the above at their proposal stage or before their mass adoption. You may choose to modify or reject an existing one or create one by yourself.
Some users and I would have common ideas in mind, however I would love to see some esoteric ideas as well.
We would have never had all of the money blown on the infra that actually enabled the explosive growth after the dotcom bust. Probably would require a university account to access. And you’d probably be billed for all the bits
It’d still get there, probably; technologies tend to arise over and over again. But much more slowly.
Maybe illegal, small-scale commercial activity would fill the space until they’re forced to open it up. Maybe it would develop first in a non-Western nation with lax regulations.