High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives.

We Finally Have Proof That the Internet Is Worse::High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    In recent years, it’s been harder to love the internet, a miracle of connectivity that feels ever more bloated, stagnant, commercialized, and junkified. We are just now starting to understand the specifics of this transformation—the true influence of Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives. It turns out that the slow rot we might feel isn’t just in our heads, after all.

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    • iopq@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The Internet is getting more decentralized, with better alternatives for big corporate services

      • swnt@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        it’s it though?

        in our Fediverse bubble yes.

        but so many average people just don’t care.