Stefan Ferreira š³ļøāšāWe want a web where willing listeners and willing speakers, willing sellers and willing buyers, willing makers, and willing audiences are all able to transact and communicate without worrying about their relationships being held hostage or disrupted to cram āsponsored postsā into their eyeballs.ā
Excellent write-up by @pluralistic for @eff
#WebWeWant #Fediverse #Interoperability #RightToExit
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/platforms-decay-lets-put-users-first
As Platforms Decay, Letās Put Users First
The netās long decline into āfive giant websites, each filled with screenshots of the other fourā isnāt a mystery. Nor was it by any means a forgone conclusion. Instead, we got here through a series of conscious actions by big businesses and lawmakers that put antitrust law into a 40-year coma....