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Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model by christophilus on Thursday January 12, 2023 @08:43AM (#34353336)
> Democratized? It’s more centralized than ever.

Those aren’t opposites. In a democracy, if everyone is allowed to post political pamphlets in the town square, the central location of the square doesn’t mean it’s not a democracy.

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Re:The disappearance of the hit-driven business model by paraselene_ on Thursday January 12, 2023 @03:14PM (#34359643)
I would agree, but right now that square is more akin to being owned by several private companies, each with their own policy which can (and will) throw you out and bar you for any reason they deemed fit.
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