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Can somebody explain to me, what "winning back the Internet" actually means?

• deleted 6y ago
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• giantrobot 6y ago
  It means it would have stuff they like but not things they don't like. Also normal people are unwelcome, only technically adept users but only those making things they want.
  • xpe 6y ago
    This comment strikes me as uncharitable. See https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith.
• selfhoster11 6y ago
  There is a widespread perception that the old-style Internet of independent small sites has been subsumed by large social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others. The ease of use, UX and network effect generated by these networks mean that it's a struggle to stay away from them and do your own thing. This is good for the non-technical folk, but leaves technical folk out in the cold because there are no major platforms that serve their needs. "Winning back the internet" refers to pushing back against the dominance of those large centralized sites and the efforts to build the number of independent sites.