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I think the consolidation of smaller websites in favor of everything being on a handful of private platforms (eg: facebook, google) is a big loss.
Like, if you’re a small band you should be able to host your handful of music videos on your own site. But then you don’t get all the network effects and discoverability, I guess. Federation might be a solution.
Maybe also breaking google up would help, but left unattended things would merge back into a monopoly eventually.
I think the consolidation of smaller websites in favor of everything being on a handful of private platforms (eg: facebook, google) is a big loss.
Like, if you’re a small band you should be able to host your handful of music videos on your own site. But then you don’t get all the network effects and discoverability, I guess. Federation might be a solution.
Maybe also breaking google up would help, but left unattended things would merge back into a monopoly eventually.