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> isn't a monopoly, but the way people interact with each other But it's more than just the way people interact - it's also a company controlling it. E.g. no-o
by deogeo 7y ago
> isn't a monopoly, but the way people interact with each other
But it's more than just the way people interact - it's also a company controlling it. E.g. no-one is calling for breaking up IRC or XMPP - because you couldn't.
I'm just not comfortable giving a handful of companies so much soft power over national/global discussion.
- beaner 7y agoI think the point is that even if such a service were completely decentralized, there would be the same calls to action against it. The point being made in the article is not so much about the companies themselves, it's about how people communicate with each other on such platforms (even if the author intended otherwise).