Mastodawn

The open web isn't dying. We're killing it

https://ouvre-boite.com/the-open-web-isnt-dying-were-killing-it/

The open web isn't dying. We're killing it

The open web is under pressure from AI companies and large platforms, but its troubles did not start with AI. We also chose convenience over control, and we will have to change that if we want a better web.

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musicale

> We embedded the follow buttons, added the share widgets, installed the trackers, and told our friends, readers, coworkers, and communities that the right place to find us was Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Substack, or whichever silo was ascendant that year.

So you're the ones who did it!

But youtube is actually pretty great with the appropriate extensions and scripts.