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Why do these articles always have to mention Russia, fake news and the 2016 US election? I've noticed this pattern a while ago and it's always somewhere in the second paragraph.
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It happened, but they conglomerated back together. And they captured all the regulatory bodies this time. We are going to have to get creative or settle in and prepare for an eternal reaming.
yeah, they learned from Microsoft's mistakes. You have to pay the bribes.
This made me kind of nostalgic of the pre-Facebook days. I liked that version of the internet…
I think a big part of it was that the internet still had a lot of artifacts from the pre-advertising model days. I think we're being blindsided by just how bad the side effects of the advertising model are for media. In general, not just for the internet. It's done unbelievable damage to our culture, but it's slow and indirect and difficult to predict or quantify. Like asbestos, tetraethyl lead, carbon dioxide, etc.…
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Because Trump winning is the real issue behind all of these articles. There would be no "Big Tech" backlash (or a lot less of it) if Hillary had won.
It started before then and it exists outside the US as well.
This made me kind of nostalgic of the pre-Facebook days. I liked that version of the internet…
The viagra ads were a product of a time when the goal was to immediately and directly sell things. Now the era has shifted to one where the goal is to sell your information to people that want to sell you things (or otherwise use that information to further their ends). So instead of spamming you with viagra ads you're spammed with requests to divulge information at every turn you make. Register for this, register for that, give us your email address, let us access your location, let us send you an SMS (aka let us have your phone number), login with your facebook account, talk about yourself, and so much more.
Think I preferred viagra spam.
There is a threat worse than the power of Google or Facebook. It's the threat of the surveillance state. Just look at how China is implementing a ranking system for its citizens. Regulation that strengthens the incumbents will pave the way for it, since it will concentrate everybody's data into a few regulated data brokers.
This made me kind of nostalgic of the pre-Facebook days. I liked that version of the internet…
Don’t worry. I believe breaking the internet up back into small parts is a going to be a big trend in the coming years.
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yeah, they learned from Microsoft's mistakes. You have to pay the bribes.
I don't remember Microsoft being broken up.
June 7th, 2000:
"A federal judge today ordered Microsoft Corp. split into two companies, prescribing the biggest corporate breakup since AT&T while harshly rebuking the software giant for stifling computer-age competition. "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20000607/aponl...
Then Microsoft and the DOJ made a deal on November 2nd 2001. Bush won the Presidency November 7th 2001. It's very likely the Clinton DOJ made a deal to ensure all of their hard work - indeed their victory - couldn't be easily reversed by the dramatically more business friendly Bush Administration if he were to win.
This made me kind of nostalgic of the pre-Facebook days. I liked that version of the internet…
Don’t worry. I believe breaking the internet up back into small parts is a going to be a big trend in the coming years.
They remind me of the internet I remember from 1998-2006.
I wouldn't say it's the 'old' internet, because I wasn't alive for the supposed glory days of arpanet, but it definitely has the sleazy, probably illegal, never say who I am irl vibe I remember and miss.
If history is any guide, regulation will strengthen the incumbents. This would prevent people from moving to decentralized platforms like Mastodon: https://joinmastodon.org/ There is a threat worse than the power of Google or Facebook. It's the threat of the surveillance state. Just look at how China is implementing a ranking system for its citizens. Regulation that strengthens the incumbents will pave the way for it…
They all know they can comply and influence the rules - as they're crafted - enough to ensure they can deal with them just fine, but their smaller competitors can't or will struggle.