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Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet

45 udev4096 4 5/29/2025, 9:25:56 AM lwn.net ↗

Comments (4)

freedomben · 19h ago

Fantastic talk and a terrific write-up. Whether or not you agree with Doctorow's proposed solutions, I think his analysis of the problem and how we got here is pretty compelling.

If you want to watch the talk (linked to from TFA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydVmzg_SJLw

I you want to go even deeper, I also highly recommend his book, "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation"

ChrisArchitect · 16h ago

[dupe] Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44113735