Anil Dash7h ago
You must picture Sam Altman holding a knife to Tim Berner-Lee's throat. We are in a truly existential level of danger when it comes to the survival of the open web, across every front. This year is when it all comes to a head. https://anildash.com/2026/03/27/endgame-open-web/
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Tim Berners-Lee interviewed on Radio New Zealand yesterday:

When he launched the World Wide Web in December 1990, how did its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, think it would all go?

His aim was to create a democratic network built on good principles - which was free to use - where anyone with a computer and internet connection could freely share ideas.

But decades later, the World Wide Web has taken on a new life - and has been optimised in harmful ways.

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https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2019028693/the-inventor-of-the-world-wide-web-on-giving-the-internet-back-to-the-people

The inventor of the world wide web on giving the internet back to the people

When he launched the World Wide Web in December 1990, how did its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, think it would all go? 

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