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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
CMV: We are living in the golden age of the internet right now

My view is that even though internet speeds and tech will undoubtedly improve year after year, the user experience of the internet will degrade over time. 

Sure, we have times when a video won't buffer fast enough or require a program that doesn't exist yet for whatever super-specific task we need to do. But we have torrents, anonymity, free movies, free shows, free books, free music, free games. All at the ends of our fingertips. We can discuss things today without fear of being prosecuted or tracked or outed. 

I believe that laws will keep getting passed that take these things away little by little. Torrents will soon become illegal. Tor might stop working as soon as the government has their own new better network so they won't have to upkeep the onion network for us.

Bitcoin will become regulated, happening even now where you have to declare it on your taxes. 

Speech: we see in European countries that the internet is now being monitored for hate speech and police are actually called on the 'criminal.' This will spread to America, especially with mounting social pressure to force people to become more tolerant. 

Customization: many programs are simplifying their settings menus for the common user which leaves power users unable to customize our work environment the way we want it. 

To CMV: maybe argue that even though the government has trillions to spend on digital authoritarianship, hackers will always prevail.
gpt
To what extent do we have to buy your ideas about what's good and bad?  Plenty of reasonable people think the anonymity you champion leads to trolling and abuse; plenty of reasonable people think torrenting leads to a devaluation of artists; plenty of reasonable people think bitcoin is a joke.

Maybe it'd help if you said what you think is so good about these things.  Is it just a matter of what you consider authoritarian?  If so, can you explain what falls into that category and what doesn't?