Yes, I agree. Search/discovery was not something that was solved in a way that respected the commons. Probably the biggest hole in the 'web is the platform' mod

Yes, I agree. Search/discovery was not something that was solved in a way that respected the commons. Probably the biggest hole in the 'web is the platform' model. Sometimes I wonder if something like PageRank could have been implemented in a more fundamental way, like DNS, for the public benefit. Anyways, I think if regulation had happened earlier then a lot of the things you mentioned would never have taken root. They should have just made it unprofitable to hoard and trade consumer data. The industry would have been so much better if the incentives required businesses to compete for consumer dollars.