Mastodawn

the idea that the web ecosystem isn't "open" anymore because of complexity is ridiculous. anyone can still write basic html and javascript and get a site working. you don't have to use flexbox. you could just use nested tables. nobody gives a shit

the web ecosystem isn't open anymore because 5 planet spanning companies richer than god monopolize it now and you can't fix that by buying into the AI slop those very companies are peddling

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/

AI Might Be Our Best Shot At Taking Back The Open Web

I remember, pretty clearly, my excitement over the early World Wide Web. I had been on the internet for a year or two at that point, mostly using IRC, Usenet, and Gopher (along with email, naturall…

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Daniël Franke

6d ago

@eniko That headline alone is rage bait for me...

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Gabriele Svelto 6d ago

@ainmosni @eniko yeah, it sounds like a bad joke. Take back the open we by... paying for an expensive black box of dubious legality controlled by an American corporation that is privately owned. It's like taking back our free time by giving ourselves in to indentured servitude.

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@gabrielesvelto @ainmosni @eniko the open web is old chromebooks on home cable modems.

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Mr. Teatime

@f4grx
Chromebooks were definitely never part of the open web. They were one of the means by which Google tried to close it, and get people to surrender their whole digital existence to them.
@gabrielesvelto @ainmosni @eniko