Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee's Solid, and Me

Re:Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee's Solid, and Me by koevet on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:38AM (#22396191)

But what if pods are inherently "closed" as you imagine, but a company would actually have to pay a fee to access some of the data and run whatever algo they want.

Would this create a society where low income persons would be perennially targeted by intrusive ads?

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Re:Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee's Solid, and Me by fauigerzigerk on Sunday February 23, 2020 @06:14AM (#22396303)

That society doesn't need to be created because it already exists. What Solid would do is give all of us a bit more flexibility to set our own priorities than we have now.

People on low incomes will always have fewer options and less flexibility. If we want to change that, we must change income inequality. No technology or business model will ever change that.

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