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A review by amber_lea84
The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation by Cory Doctorow
4.0
This book is Cory Doctorow's answer to what we can do about enshitification (the process by which social media platforms get progressively worse until everyone is having a bad time.)
While I think interoperability is unlikely, it would be freakin' awesome. I liked this book simply for presenting the idea that things could be different, and for explaining why they are the way they are. And as far as alternatives go, we have federation already right now, and people can use it. We desperately need to escape the clutches of big tech while we still have the chance. They already have our data, but we don't have to keep using their wall gardens. Alternatives exist and they are pretty good, we only need to know they exist.
While I think interoperability is unlikely, it would be freakin' awesome. I liked this book simply for presenting the idea that things could be different, and for explaining why they are the way they are. And as far as alternatives go, we have federation already right now, and people can use it. We desperately need to escape the clutches of big tech while we still have the chance. They already have our data, but we don't have to keep using their wall gardens. Alternatives exist and they are pretty good, we only need to know they exist.