Lemmy and Mastodon seem to be doing the “open Internet” just fine. We should probably not try to draw too many conclusions from what’s happening at Twitter and Reddit, both of which are turning into raging dumpster fires that go beyond just closing down the APIs.
That is the part the media doesn’t understand, we don’t need corporations controlling the internet. The days of being stuck behind a corporate-controlled wall are over!
Yes, I’m amazed the lack of understanding in the general and tech media about the Fediverse
I believe enough of us will support Lemmy and Mastodon servers and developers monetarily that the upward growth will be sustained and we won’t need to rely on broken corporations for the majority of the flow of information. The media should be at the forefront of this but most of them just can’t seem to wrap their arms around it.
Even beyond corporate media I see a lot of people having this mentality that the Fediverse has to become a behemoth to succeed. We don’t need that, though. There’s no profit motive, so it can actually just exist as itself. No incompetent board members making bad decisions, no selling out to make a buck, just a platform that people can actually use
The irony of an article about the end of the open internet that I can’t read because there is a paywall.
Reader mode is your friend. Most browsers support it. It bypasses most paywalls because javascript doesn’t get executed and CSS gets ignored.
No ads either.
Why did I not realize this until now? Thank you!
I had to take a screenshot because the irony was so delicious.
The internet was fine before corporations brought their troll armies, bots, “adverts”, and general misinformation trash to it. Mark Metaturd and people like him aren’t the internet. He’s a symptom of elite corporate bs trying to steal more public time, money, and space.
If I could bet on it I would bet Metaturd pays for DDoS attacks on rivals.
Corporations and governments. Plenty of CCP and Kremlin accounts online.
New places will pop up like Lemmy fediverse
It’s a clever take, but if true, then it may be inevitable. Politically, even if one party tries to pass the regulations proposed here, the other will 100% use the catch-all “we need to regulate AI!!!” scare tactics as an excuse to accept corporate bri-- I mean, to permit lobbying against any rights to free information.
Good article!
It’s easier to ask for forgiveness then ask for permission
