Does the open web require competitive markets?
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I also think it's catastrophically bad to think that only computer manufacturers, mobile phone makers, domain registrars, hosting providers, and terrestrial and mobile ISPs should be allowed to get paid for providing Internet services. Many people who spend hundreds or thousands of dollars a year to get access to the Web are reluctant to chip in $20 for their Mastodon server.
But that's beside the point. I don't think that monopolies are compatible with an open web, and those of us who believe in the open web should carefully consider whether our work encourages or discourages anti-competitive practices.
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@evan I answered no because I believe that markets themselves concentrate capital into the hands of monopolies and systematically eliminate the very characteristics that define an open society.
@burnoutqueen That's why governments have intervened in markets for the last century and a half: to prevent anti-competitive behaviour and discourage monopolies.
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@burnoutqueen That's why governments have intervened in markets for the last century and a half: to prevent anti-competitive behaviour and discourage monopolies.
@evan oligopolies are not fundamentally different from monopolies
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@evan oligopolies are not fundamentally different from monopolies
@burnoutqueen You are correct!
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@evan I'd say yes, we need competition and regulation.
@leanderlindahl Me too.
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But that's beside the point. I don't think that monopolies are compatible with an open web, and those of us who believe in the open web should carefully consider whether our work encourages or discourages anti-competitive practices.
I should probably note that I've been a Mozilla donor and product user for years. I use Vivaldi for my daily-drive browsing, because they support the Fediverse, and Mozilla does not. But I still use Mozilla's VPN (it's pretty good), and I think Mozilla holds an important place in the Web ecosystem.
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But that's beside the point. I don't think that monopolies are compatible with an open web, and those of us who believe in the open web should carefully consider whether our work encourages or discourages anti-competitive practices.
@evan I think a lot more depends on how one interprets this question... "Does the open web require competitive markets?"
and I see how one can interpret that to mean monopolistic from a 'no' answer, but i think of this more as the internet to not be a place to buy and sell stuff. In fact to be a place for information and exchange of communication, in that sense then market is not needed for an open web. -
@evan I think a lot more depends on how one interprets this question... "Does the open web require competitive markets?"
and I see how one can interpret that to mean monopolistic from a 'no' answer, but i think of this more as the internet to not be a place to buy and sell stuff. In fact to be a place for information and exchange of communication, in that sense then market is not needed for an open web.@marxistvegan Does the fact that the Wikipedia article for competition was linked in the poll suggest that the emphasis was more on competition than on markets?
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Does the open web require competitive markets?
Interestingly, when signing up for a new W3C Working Group, I had to sign off on this policy:
https://www.w3.org/policies/antitrust-2024/
It's interesting that the W3C has such a policy.
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Interestingly, when signing up for a new W3C Working Group, I had to sign off on this policy:
https://www.w3.org/policies/antitrust-2024/
It's interesting that the W3C has such a policy.
@evan@cosocial.ca speaking of policies Mr Evan
Thought you might be interested if you have not spotted story
https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-wants-to-commercialise-open-source-for-sovereignty/ -
@evan@cosocial.ca speaking of policies Mr Evan
Thought you might be interested if you have not spotted story
https://www.euractiv.com/news/commission-wants-to-commercialise-open-source-for-sovereignty/@ozzy Someone else tagged it this morning!
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@krisfreedain @btp @fosstodon Our DeepL limit has now been expanded from 1.5 million characters to 2.5 million characters, for only €15 a month more (€50 pm in total). Translation should work again.
Thanks for the message @ryo 😊
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@klara ty :D
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@aeva Lincoln Square!
Specifically Laurie's Planet of Sound.
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@klara where :O
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Ah, yes, the kind of record store with tarot and incense sections.
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@molly0xfff This is hilarious, and I am definitely at least partially the target audience (would be 100% if they were crocheted socks lol). I did get some knitting needles a couple months back but haven't given it a go yet 🤷
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@molly0xfff idk the first thing about #knitting or #crochet, but the people who do these crafts seem very fun-spirited. So, I share this reminder that the U.S. National Park Service has patterns for a goat, a cactus, fish, triops, a beaver, and more. https://www.nps.gov/search/?query=Crochet&sitelimit=&affiliate=nps
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@newstik @molly0xfff
I don't recognize him either.
