Reminds me of when they took Megaupload down. There was a domino effect where a lot of torrent and file sharing sites decided to pack their things and go home.
First the file sharers, then the secure emails. I wonder who's going to be next? The reddits? The HNs?
I think you're absolutely right. The only effect that NSA/... (and let's be honest, any other country is just jealous they don't have the capabilities of an NSA :p) has on the Internet community is going to be a wider and further proliferation of darknets, P2P and F2F services.
It's funny I think that's one of the primary results of the internet. I think of movie and music production, software, bitcoin, bittorrent and so on. I would argue they have been decentralised by the internet.
I think centralised services are against the 'spirit of the internet'.
First the file sharers, then the secure emails. I wonder who's going to be next? The reddits? The HNs?