The Internet is becoming a less useful, less usable, and overall scarier place. Disney and Max purging their content libraries, Google and Microsoft shifting...
Really nice video on this, what are your thoughts? How can we turn it around?
I know it’s not, because that implies organization and planning on the macro scale, but this feels like end goal. The Net didn’t take off until commercial interests got involved (the first dotcom bubble) but ever since there’s been a steady pressure for everything to be either something to buy things from, or something for people to buy stuff from. No middle ground.
I mean, we’ve seen an uptick in users of various websites turning to decentralized platforms/protocols lately, hopefully more people continue to join us on Mastodon, Lemmy, IPFS, ZeroNet, etc. I’ve been espousing the benefits of getting away from centralized authorities online for over a decade now, so it’s somewhat relieving to see others getting a glimpse of why
Hopefully this will make people realize we should rethink the way we use the internet.
I know it’s not, because that implies organization and planning on the macro scale, but this feels like end goal. The Net didn’t take off until commercial interests got involved (the first dotcom bubble) but ever since there’s been a steady pressure for everything to be either something to buy things from, or something for people to buy stuff from. No middle ground.
@drwho @Syudagye If by “take off” you mean “ruin it”, sure.
I mean, we’ve seen an uptick in users of various websites turning to decentralized platforms/protocols lately, hopefully more people continue to join us on Mastodon, Lemmy, IPFS, ZeroNet, etc. I’ve been espousing the benefits of getting away from centralized authorities online for over a decade now, so it’s somewhat relieving to see others getting a glimpse of why