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A review by equleart
Chokepoint Capitalism: how big tech and big content captured creative labour markets, and how we'll win them back by Cory Doctorow, Rebecca Giblin
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
an informative, current look at entertainment industries and their top players' infuriating grab at ever more power.
at times a bit repetitive and mired in (necessarily) tiring detail but with a latter half that proposes many ways to mitigate and overturn the myriad of harmful practices.
in a genuinely hopeful closing section, Giblin and Doctorow say outright what the rest of the book merely implies: that all these issues and more arise from an economic system that prioritises profit over all.
the book really could've benefitted from more aggressive cutting of examples and detail, it is so mired in them long past conveying a decent understanding of the situation, that I'd hesitate to re-read or recommend it to others.
at times a bit repetitive and mired in (necessarily) tiring detail but with a latter half that proposes many ways to mitigate and overturn the myriad of harmful practices.
in a genuinely hopeful closing section, Giblin and Doctorow say outright what the rest of the book merely implies: that all these issues and more arise from an economic system that prioritises profit over all.
the book really could've benefitted from more aggressive cutting of examples and detail, it is so mired in them long past conveying a decent understanding of the situation, that I'd hesitate to re-read or recommend it to others.