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This article is unfortunately published on a cringe-worthy website that's otherwise full of blockchain bullshit, but it is worth reading by every software engineer who isn't working for Big Tech.
Jean Yang articulates well what the rest of us have been trying to say without much success. The context in which a problem is situated is an important factor to be considered while coming up with a suitable solution for it.
Evgeny Morozov's project to curate knowledge around the topic of big-tech and surveillance capitalism.
Google Chrome is a browser made by an advertising company. People tried writing ad-blocking extensions for it. Google is fighting tooth and nail against such attempts.
The worst part is, Google is trying to make standards for the web, which other browsers like Mozilla Firefox are also now forced to comply with. It's like Netscape Navigator and Microsoft all over again, but nobody seems to be interested in enforcing anti-monopoly against Big Tech now. This is a dark time for innovation in computing.