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The people who want to break up tech monopolies aren't doing it because they want to tell people what to do. They want to break them up because they are strangl
by sk2jwhfid 6y ago
The people who want to break up tech monopolies aren't doing it because they want to tell people what to do. They want to break them up because they are strangling competiton and leaving consumers with less choice.
You are acting like people using these apps is a sign that they like things better this way. Consider that, once the network effects are large enough, the end user doesn't really have a choice. So you can't claim people prefer things the way they are. This thread is proof that there are many people who want the web to be more open, but feel stuck with more centralized options.
- mulmen 6y agoI agree there is an argument to me made that competition has been stifled, in fact I agree that it has. But that is separate from the romanticized "old" or "open" internet I am speaking of. You have again invoked users. I'm making the argument that the romanticized "old" or "open" Internet is actually an exclusive clique populated by the Intelligentsia and it still exists. The people who use Facebook didn't leave this old internet, they were just never on it. And beyond that, if they did join it they would just ruin it anyway.