@unexpectedteapot@social.linux.pizza
2023-07-17 00:14 UTC
@eaton@phire.place this isn't a failure of the internet though, is it? This is the failure of the technology that pushes specific software on the user such as Google search being the default. Browsers and smart phones that are designed to make certain service providers much easier to rely on and more accessible. It is the product of massive investments of capital that eventually leads to monopolies and oligopolies that are self-serving rather than demanding the needs of the collective.
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@unexpectedteapot@social.linux.pizza 2023-07-17 00:20
@eaton@phire.place the consolidation of consumers of essential internet services and products such as browsers, search engines, and media has been done through a myriad of anti-competitive monopolistic practices that aim to centralise decision-making into few profit-driven ventures. This is not the internet failing per se, this is the internet being held hostage by a few corporations who found ways to monetise and instill a consumerist culture via exploiting people's needs and wants with massive capital.