@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.