The internet is already free and configurable. It takes some technical knowledge to create a website just like anything in life, but that barrier is rather smal

The internet is already free and configurable. It takes some technical knowledge to create a website just like anything in life, but that barrier is rather small. What is happening is that to get free content, you have to give something back. That is data, attention or money. Don't want to live with the dominance of a DNS? You don't have to. Just share your website's IP address. Do you want to have looser rules around your content? Rent a server in a more liberal country. The reality that most technologist ignore is that people want the ease of Google or the reach of Facebook. They want cheap Android devices run by an ad company, or free phone and video calls run by another ad company. Perhaps they don't want the consequences of free stuff, but they are not willing to pay for it, either. The internet is exactly what people want from it: access to free information and connection to anyone on the planet. It has done exactly what it was suppose to. Let's not pretend that the internet is somehow broken (conceptually, obv. Technically, it could be better ;) )