I spent more time on this piece than almost anything else I've written in the last year. Building a better, more decentralized internet is an inherent necessity if you want a functioning democracy.
I hope people find it a useful encapsulation of where we're at.
www.liberalism.org/p/enshittifi...
www.liberalism.org
It’s not about whether technology is inherently good or bad, liberating or oppressive. Architecture shapes incentives; incentives shape outcomes.