The Internet Con

How to Seize the Means of Computation

5.28 X 7.95 X 1.18 inches | 0.74 pounds, 192 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 4 de Septiembre de 2023 por Verso.

ISBN:
978-1-80429-124-5
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When the tech platforms promised a future of "connection," they were lying. They said their "walled gardens" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.

The platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extraction. Twitter, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the audiences and customers we rely on. The impossibility of staying connected to these people after you delete your account has nothing to do with technological limitations: it's a business strategy in service to commodifying your personal life and relationships.

We can - we must - dismantle the tech platforms. In The Internet Con , Cory Doctorow explains how to seize the means of computation, by forcing Silicon Valley to do the thing it fears most: interoperate. Interoperability will tear down the walls between …

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Lectura fundamental para una revolución tecnológica

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Un libro imprescindible para forjar una nueva revolución tecnológica. Una revolución que no llegará con descendientes de terratenientes del Apartheid o hijos de clase acomodada que, una vez multimillonarios, se dedican a perseguir a la clase obrera. No, la revolución la harán los usuarios de la mano de agencias reguladoras e instituciones gubernamentales. Como el libro demuestra, esto ya ha pasado y puede volver a pasar. Los estándares son la clave para salvarnos de los depredadores de la tecnología.

Misleading title

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While being a very concise walk though of the systemic nature of the problems of big tech, I found the title: "How to seize the means of computation" and the blurb: "A Shovel-Ready Plan to Fight Enshittification" to lead me to expect some activist-first analysis. Instead it's "solutions" are very much recommendation to congress or government level policy-types. There is nothing in it that tells me what to do. I have nothing against this - the title and the blurb is just misleading. The analysis is very good though. So if you don't already know Doctorows analysis, it's great. Just don't expect any shovels to grab.

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Muy interesante reflexión sobre como la interoperabilidad supone la mejor opción que tenemos para romper el oligopolio de las Big Tech así como ejemplos pasados de este fenómeno para apoyar la argumentación.

Al final discute algunos temas, como luchar contra la pornografía infantil, proteger la privacidad o por qué el blockchain no arregla nada de esto, que también están muy bien argumentadas

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Temas

  • internet
  • antitrust
  • social media
  • World Wide Web
  • Technology Studies
  • Public Policy - Science & Technology Policy
  • Privacy & Surveillance
  • Political Science - Privacy & Surveillance