Simple: Web + VC = Surveillance Capitalism* ___ * When you drop the client/server (centralised) architecture of the Web into an enzymatic vat of Venture Capital that incentivises cancer-like growth of the servers (centres) followed by exits, you get Surveillance Capitalism.https://twitter.com/vergesskrieg/status/995196604939423744 …
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It's not just about infrastructure, though that is important. Anything which reduces the network effect of the silos will help. Antitrust. Browsers with ad blocking by default. Cultural projects in art/music to make decentralization desirable. Schools teaching internet topics.
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Yes, indeed. Hence the need to engage with current politics. We must regulate and replace.
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