No,it’s not. No challenge in that. I put up a 60 ft self-supporting tower with Big antennas and a big radio to put RF into the air. If it’s not your signal coming from your equipment and your antenna it doesn’t count. There’s no challenge in communicating over the internet anybody can do it. You try doing what I do on a daily basis and see how far you get.
It takes a lot of knowledge to be a ham. Any dumbass can get on the Internet and make a jackass out of themselves, see Facebook, Twitter and TikTok for examples.
I was referring to Wall street, not the hams.
The internet can also be shut down, blocking communication. Amateur radio is more than just a hobby, it’s emergency communications. The world powers want to shut down the citizens ability to communicate.