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I think the one-sentence summary would be "Content without code, and a bare minimum of formatting." The lesson from the modern web being, if you give web devel
by ethbro 8y ago
I think the one-sentence summary would be "Content without code, and a bare minimum of formatting."
The lesson from the modern web being, if you give web developers a toolbox, they'll figure out how to build a surveillance system.
And for decades we've been creating more powerful tools (Flash/ActionScript, ActiveX, JavaScript, Wasm, etc).
The answer would seem to be that we should be far more careful what tools we allow to be used.
(Note: Not saying restrict all the web this way, but if one wanted to build parent article's wikipedia-esque info web)
- pharke 8y agoI don't think the issue is the tools available but the motivation behind their use. Until we get rid of the ad revenue model we'll be stuck with user profiling and tracking. Micropayments or some other model will have to take it's place before we see a return to the ideals we used to aspire to.