Post #1385011
2022-12-19 18:43 UTC
@michaelchampion @cdub @danbri
If it is indeed the case, then that doesn't mean that it has to be nationalised. It could remain privately operated (and Google would still print a fuckload of money) but it would have to be governed differently, notably with a form of "infrastructure neutrality" in mind (that also helps with pt.3) and likely as an API to build on and not a site with a UI.
Again, looking at it this way there is still a major issue (here of governance) to address.
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@robin@mastodon.social 2022-12-19 18:47
@michaelchampion @cdub @danbri So, to conclude: looking at only one G thing (I could repeat this for a couple of other aspects) and taking the most G-friendly assumptions (no malice, product quality, natural monopoly) I still find issues with G behaviour/market structuring that are (IMHO) significant harms to the Web and society. I think it should be W3C's job to solve the Web's most pressing structural problems, and this is one of them.