Can someone explain to me why I uncritically need to accept the status quo of the 'open web', when it to me seems to be one of the primary reasons for shifting revenue from users and publishers to aggregators and platforms?
What exactly is wrong with the notion of having technology companies pay for links? The links and content are a form of intellectual property that is collectively produced by users and firms in a nation, and a law like the one passed in Australia effectively just functions as a form of collective bargaining over that information with Google or Facebook.
Why do we need to accept the logic that the most powerful and profitable technology companies in the world get to utilise our data for free?
What exactly is wrong with the notion of having technology companies pay for links? The links and content are a form of intellectual property that is collectively produced by users and firms in a nation, and a law like the one passed in Australia effectively just functions as a form of collective bargaining over that information with Google or Facebook.
Why do we need to accept the logic that the most powerful and profitable technology companies in the world get to utilise our data for free?