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Arbitrarily labeling a private, multi-billion dollar infrastructure as a "digital commons" reeks of hubris and entitlement.
by glitchc 1y ago
Arbitrarily labeling a private, multi-billion dollar infrastructure as a "digital commons" reeks of hubris and entitlement.
- grafmax 1y agoThe billionaire owners of these systems are the entitled ones. They profit by using VC money to offer something for free, then turning around to exploit network effects and lock-in so they can charge the working class various forms of rent for what they’ve built.
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- jnovek 1y agoI think this is quite a bit more complex when you’re talking about products that operate as common carriers. The historical social contract we have with these services is that we treat them as the digital commons. Clearly that has changed, but you’ll have to forgive folks for treating the internet as it has been in the ~20 years previous to the current chaos.