Well, if you compare all this to the Fediverse and Threads, then a national segment being functional in case of a potential self-isolation is kinda fine.

And just how they say that an absolutely secure computer is not networked, doesn’t have media reading devices and is turned off, - most of tech is possibly compromised by the USA.

And some of the jamming really coincides with areas where the explanation about Ukraine makes sense (military locations nearby). I’ve, eh, been in one such yesterday and today morning.

About one app for everything, dystopia and so on - the Internet as a thing is designed this way. Notice how Meta itself came into existence, and Google, and them all. After all, the Internet grew out of a military project, militaries usually have one specific approach to hierarchy and initiative. Would be weird if their system weren’t designed with it in mind.

Of course Putin wants more power and surveillance. But since much of the population already does a lot over VK, it’s not such a big change as it would seem.