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This is a great piece that should go to top of HN.

We can reverse the trend as consumers, by questioning our consuming behaviour. And as hackers, by building tools that the users like and which make the web more free.

Power is where the money is. And power makes legislation. It will only get harder from now on..

But on the upside, software is a very malleable thing. New applications can be developed quickly. And they can replace established ones.




"We can reverse the trend as consumers"

No, you can't. You can reverse this trend as a peer on the network, but not as a consumer.




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