[throwaway316943]

Ha! I’m sorry but it’s already screwed. Compared to where we stood when people were actually arguing for a free and open internet and against centralization and corporatization we have arrived at almost all of their dire predictions and the last few seem to be well on their way. No one is fighting it anymore, they’re just trying to grab the scraps that fall off the table that the big five sit at and hoping they don’t get stomped into oblivion by the giants.

[TheOtherHobbes]

A lot of the free and open Internet arguments were about copyright and open source, both of which turn out to be almost irrelevant in the face of automated Kafka-esque monopolistic bureaucracies.

Turns out being able to pirate MP3s is a poor consolation prize when you can have your startup permabanned from AdSense or Amazon for no good reason, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Wrong goal on the wrong sports field.

[tremon]

copyright and open source, both of which turn out to be almost irrelevant in the face of automated Kafka-esque monopolistic bureaucracies.

What do you think the free software movement was all about, if it wasn't about avoiding Kafka-esque monopolistic bureaucracies? Read Stallman's "The Right To Read", from 1997.

[wizzwizz4]

Open source, on the other hand, has been embraced by those automated Kafkaesque monopolistic bureaucracies.

[skeeter2020]

Do you mean the consumption of open source software has been embraced, i.e. they love using free software but are not big fans of the backside of the model?

[pessimizer]

They like using free software, but they hate Free Software. Open Source is their friend.