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It's advertised and designed to "feel" like a public space, in an effort to disguise the truth of the ownership. Lack of a true public alternative is sad.
by fridsun 10y ago
It's advertised and designed to "feel" like a public space, in an effort to disguise the truth of the ownership. Lack of a true public alternative is sad.
- internaut 10y agoI can't quite agree with that. The Net felt like a public space long before advertising existed on the Net. It is still also true though that people have an illusion of ownership over their emails in their Gmail accounts. That's why I switched away from them. I think there does exist a role for truly public entities on the Net e.g. Estonia's attempts but I also don't believe a normal government is capable of providing these. Can you take seriously an entity that can be swayed by Momsnet? That's like running US chamber of commerce proposals past 4chan.