Titans like Musk would love us to believe innovation means top-down solutions that only enrich the wealthy. In fact, we all have the power, says Eleanor Drage, research fellow at Cambridge University
That’s basically saying that “big tech” (as we know it today) and competition-friendly capitalism just cannot coexist. Which I’m inclined to agree with.
There’s no reason you couldn’t have people grow a new Internet that isn’t reliant on AWS and cloud flare and other big tech stuff, it’s just that it’s much easier to do that since it’s already there. And you still have the problems with spammers even if you try to move away from capitalism.
That’s basically saying that “big tech” (as we know it today) and competition-friendly capitalism just cannot coexist. Which I’m inclined to agree with.
There’s no reason you couldn’t have people grow a new Internet that isn’t reliant on AWS and cloud flare and other big tech stuff, it’s just that it’s much easier to do that since it’s already there. And you still have the problems with spammers even if you try to move away from capitalism.