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> the lever is demanding transparency on exactly what these companies are doing. I think a even more powerful lever would be having laws that allow consumers e
by 666_howitzer 8y ago
> the lever is demanding transparency on exactly what these companies are doing.
I think a even more powerful lever would be having laws that allow consumers easily export their data from one platform to another or make internet companies adopt a common standard for increasing interoperability of users data.
- nine_k 8y agoOr even not a law, but a standard / RFC and a working implementation of it by a few large companies, for others to follow suit. If only there'd be an incentive for a few large companies to pull this off, the way they do with other standards (see HTML5 or AV1 for recent examples).
- jdc 8y ago"Set a common standard, or we'll set it for you."
- cle 8y agoDo you think this is what Tim Berners-Lee's Solid is attempting to position itself for?