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Pluralistic: Antiusurpation and the road to disenshittification (07 Nov 2024) (pluralistic.net)

submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/technology

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"We need policies that keep middlemen weak."

stood out to me.

Many of my influences have railed against middle men, and I think that's unfair. I've worked with plenty of middle men that made everyone then better off.

I've also had the unique displeasure that at least half of all links shared with me in recent years have been to a site called "Instagram", where I am unable to access the content without an account (which I refuse to make because Zuckerberg is a creepy stalker.)

I find it deeply weird that such a locked ecosystem now controls so much attention.

I find Cory Doctorow's thoughts on the problem and potential solutions to be both hopeful and cathartic.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 43 minutes ago

Cory doesn’t miss

[–] orclev 6 points 6 hours ago

We also need competition and for decades now the offices that were supposed to safe guard us from monopolies have been green lighting again and again mergers and acquisitions that result in only one or two dominant players in every market. There should be a blanket rule that if there are less than 10 companies (of somewhat similar scale) operating in some market none of them are allowed to merge or acquire each other.

[–] elias_griffin 5 points 7 hours ago

I think the author was too generous, the majority of signups are bots/AI mixed with super casual side accounts. 2.2 million Brazilians sign-up in a couple days? I call bullshit. Even if that were true, they signed-up and don't use it. Why do I believe that?

It's because the awesome account I follow Quanta Magazine gets 20 hearts/likes/whatever and often less than 10, with 0 or 1 comment. Super weak interaction across the whole platform if you check out accounts that should be popular.

[–] Zacpod 4 points 7 hours ago

Doctorow is a gem. Great article, thanks for posting. I basically agreed with everything he said.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago

oof they picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue

[–] elias_griffin 0 points 6 hours ago

Plus, check this out. The platform says I have 12 followers but only 4 show up. Major problems over there.