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Re:Beware Centralization by jimkleiber on Sunday October 03, 2021 @01:09AM (#28734680)
I like both of these suggestions! While I've read a bit about cooperatives and digital ones, I haven't heard too much about the trustee idea. Do you have links to either where I could learn more about how they might work in with digital platforms?
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Re:Beware Centralization by M2Ys4U on Sunday October 03, 2021 @05:28PM (#28740657)
I think the best example (although it's not a digital platform, and the ownership is for the benefit of employees rather than customers) I know of would be the John Lewis Partnership in the UK.

It's incorporated as a public limited company, but all of its shares are owned in trust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_Partnership

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