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Re:Tech giants are hijacking the internet by nologic01 on Monday October 16, 2023 @04:00AM (#37896941)
These "products" are built on deceit. They are only sustainable due to regulatory capture.

There has never been so much wealth and power amassed (legally) by exploiting the cracks of governance.

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Re:Tech giants are hijacking the internet by thfuran on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:28AM (#37897462)
The Dutch East India Company was still bigger.
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Re:Tech giants are hijacking the internet by nologic01 on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:34AM (#37897501)
they were indeed bigger, but there wasn't much of professed governance back then besides the power of the gunboats.
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Re:Tech giants are hijacking the internet by PierreProstata on Monday October 16, 2023 @10:06AM (#37900077)
Exactly my thoughts, all those tech companies were famously unsustainable, then had to find ways to become sustainable (and profitable) and got way less attractive to users in the process.
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Re:Tech giants are hijacking the internet by charcircuit on Monday October 16, 2023 @11:49AM (#37901554)
>way less attractive to users

They are still attractive enough to keep billions of users using their services.

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