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101@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?

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The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?

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101@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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In the early days the internet was a free, egalitarian space for anyone to surf. Now, commercial interests rule – but users do still have some control.
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    Do you not consume a single Google/Meta/Microsoft product or do you not care about their abhorrent business practices?

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      Yes and no.

      I don’t understand.

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        Then you’re knowingly engaging in the consumption of abusive products? Do you not see how you have literally no leverage whatsoever as a consumer?

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