OK, so I’m beginning to see this (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/30/nationalise-google-facebook-amazon-data-monopoly-platform-public-interest …) pop up more often so, categorically: we must *not* nationalise Google, FB, …
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…We must realise that to protect integrity of personhood in the networked age, data about people must be owned/controlled by individuals…
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We need nothing less than to transition from an Internet of Things (owned & controlled by corporations) to an Internet of People. …
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Learn more: https://ar.al/notes/the-nature-of-the-self-in-the-digital-age … https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-commons … https://ar.al/notes/we-didnt-lose-control-it-was-stolen … https://ar.al/notes/towards-an-internet-of-people-with-diem25 … https://ar.al/notes/diem25-internet-of-people-launch-in-berlin/ …
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I agree, but the article had one valid point: network effects make it very hard for alts to compete, including ethical decentralised ones.
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I try to use ethical alternatives that respect privacy wherever possible, but often useless if friends won't use them too.
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