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The Web began dying in 2014. André Staltz writes about how and why. In a nutshell, traffic from mobile and tablet devices now surpasses that from regular desktop computers and of that traffic the overwhelming majority goes to either Faecebook or Google. Amazon is also in there. None of them have any interest in defending the open Web any more. Rather the situation is the opposite, they are aiming to carve out a section and establish very isolated walled gardens. Net Neutrality, or the lack thereof, lie at the heart of their plans based on the direction they have moved since 2014.
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What the Web Was and What It Has Become
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(Score: 5, Interesting) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Saturday November 04 2017, @12:47AM (1 child)
Perhaps it will turn out to be a cyclical thing, like mainframe / pc / server / desktop / cloud. In seven years we might all be sitting here dissecting the great bulldozing of the walled gardens and the renaissance of open web. of course it won't be called the open web, it will have to have some stupid marketing buzzword attached to it to convince folks that it's something new, but it will be, essentially, the open web. In fact i'm putting my money on the table now, it will be called 'The Dirt'.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by dmc on Saturday November 04 2017, @05:05AM
"What is old is new again". That phrase is well known in silicon valley. One of these days the big money players will feel in control enough to market home servers that are isp industry blessed, and claim it is all consistent with net neutrality while denying people the ability to use servers that don't cut them into the profits (there are many forms of profit other than currency, whatever the form, the big players will want their cut as tribute before letting you play on 'their' field of privacy crippled nightmares.
Mad props to some of the good comments in this thread. Far too few of the masses understand the issues for the better outcomes to flourish, but it's nice to notice that at least a few people see the utter hypocritical lies coming from industry and political leaders and calling it out as such. And then there is the strange turn of events of a Trump presidency. I'd have to say given that I'm not at all sure where things are headed. I mean seriously, can you imagine a more effective campaign to get the masses to fall out of love with Twitter(tm)? Wow.