@profdc9 @walterbobrowski @kcarruthers @pluralistic
Oh. I just read the f*cking article.
He lays it out pretty clearly.
Imagine how the web would have developed if there's been *more* proprietary pissing matches at the outset.
One downside of an approaching singularity is all the meantimes to enshitification of each successive technology are getting shortened along with any benefits.
Certainly if avarice has any say in the matter.