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.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 04 2017, @02:32AM
Why do I get the feeling you want to force people into listening only to groupthink that aligns with your political beliefs, likely removing all other discourse so people have no choice but to listen to you or listen to nothing, and subsequently to be pressganged into silence or crybullied into pseudo-agreement?
Probably because when it comes right down to it you almost certainly do.
People don't appreciate having other discussions muted so you can cram your opinions down their throats. You would do well to keep that in mind.