Legislation can make certain investments not attractive to venture capital. In fact, I don't think e.g. a new social network is an attractive investment in year 2026 already. Legislation can change how already existing social networks operate, or make them disappear, which is fine too.
Re:Breaking Free
by prartichoke on Friday February 27, 2026 @08:09AM
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Oh shit. Talking to a copypasta was less embarrassing
The reason interoperability and user sovereignty aren't hardcoded into these platforms from day one isn't a technical oversight; it's a feature of venture capital. You cannot compile a monopoly out of open protocols. Capital funds walled gardens, not axiomatic constraints.
Expecting legislation to fix runtime entropy when the compiler itself is owned by the monopolist is a fool's errand. The architecture is working exactly as designed.