This article is just another example of worshipping at the alter of billionaires.
The whole argument hinges on falsehoods. They argue that participation is optional in the current web ecosystem and that's just simply not true, not only for the web as a whole, but individual fiefdoms too.
Try getting a job without LinkedIn.
Try buying a phone that doesn't run android or iOS.
Try selling an app without sharecropping an app store.
Try running a browser that's not based on chrome or Firefox.
And there's others with slightly more choice, but not a lot, email, social media, link aggregation, music platforms. All with just a small few main choices.
And the other argument is that feudalism stiffled innovation with its rigid hierarchies, that that's exactly what we have today with a few platforms having all the network effect, and killing off innovation. Small Web is dead. Small forums are mostly gone. Used market place is hidden behind a Facebook login wall.
Technofeudalism is here, you have no choice.
The whole argument hinges on falsehoods. They argue that participation is optional in the current web ecosystem and that's just simply not true, not only for the web as a whole, but individual fiefdoms too.
Try getting a job without LinkedIn. Try buying a phone that doesn't run android or iOS. Try selling an app without sharecropping an app store. Try running a browser that's not based on chrome or Firefox.
And there's others with slightly more choice, but not a lot, email, social media, link aggregation, music platforms. All with just a small few main choices.
And the other argument is that feudalism stiffled innovation with its rigid hierarchies, that that's exactly what we have today with a few platforms having all the network effect, and killing off innovation. Small Web is dead. Small forums are mostly gone. Used market place is hidden behind a Facebook login wall.
Technofeudalism is here, you have no choice.