I don't want to be a doomer but my argument is one of consolidation and greed. Since the mid 00's we've seen a handful of major corps take over and keep little companies from growing and competing. Sites like FB, Google, Apple, etc also use their auth systems with 3rd party websites so their reach is beyond their own web sites. I won't even get into the buying of competing businesses, or some of the things that came out recently with the FB/Twitter hearings recently.
We've also seen FB, paypal, mastercard, apple, and google deplatform people at the same time. It started with Alex Jones and has gotten steadily worse as the "fact checkers" have shown up to keep users in line.
I agree that the influence of these huge medi/tech companies rivals even that of the golden age robber barons. There will be a correction eventually. Let's pray that it is bloodless.
Thank you for the response.
I don't want to be a doomer but my argument is one of consolidation and greed. Since the mid 00's we've seen a handful of major corps take over and keep little companies from growing and competing. Sites like FB, Google, Apple, etc also use their auth systems with 3rd party websites so their reach is beyond their own web sites. I won't even get into the buying of competing businesses, or some of the things that came out recently with the FB/Twitter hearings recently.
We've also seen FB, paypal, mastercard, apple, and google deplatform people at the same time. It started with Alex Jones and has gotten steadily worse as the "fact checkers" have shown up to keep users in line.
I agree that the influence of these huge medi/tech companies rivals even that of the golden age robber barons. There will be a correction eventually. Let's pray that it is bloodless.