Likewise, the problem wasn't who made that tech. We didn't swap wise UUCP Monks for venal tech bros. Early tech was full of public-spirited sysops, but it was also full of would-be monopolists who tried - and failed - to get us to "stop talking to each other and start buying things":

https://catvalente.substack.com/p/stop-talking-to-each-other-and-start

If it wasn't the technology that killed the old, good internet, and if it wasn't the people who killed the old, good internet, where did the #enshitternet come from?

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The #enshitternet wasn't inevitable.

https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b

#luddites #SeizeTheMeansOfComputation

#Enshitternet: The #OldGoodTnternet deserves a #NewGoodInternet

https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b

#enshittification, #SeizeTheMeansOfComputation