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Welcome to hell: Apple vs. Google vs. Facebook and the slow death of the web

So let's talk about ad blocking.
You might think the conversation about ad blocking is about the user experience of news, but what we're really talking about is money and power in Silicon Valley....
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Shoshanna Zuboff: Dark Google

Shoshanna Zuboff: Dark Google | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Recall those fabled frogs happy in the magic pond. Playful. Distracted. The water temperature slowly rises, but the frogs don’t notice. By the time it reaches the boiling point, it’s too late to leap to safety.  We are as frogs in the digital waters, and Springer CEO Mathias Dopfner has just become our frog town crier.  Mr. Dopfner’s „Why We Fear Google“ ( a response to Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt’s open letter, „A Chance for Growth“) warns of danger on the move: „The temperatures are rising fast.”  If his cry of alarm scares you, that’s good. Why?

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Steven Poole on The Internet Is Not the Answer – review

Steven Poole on The Internet Is Not the Answer – review | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
he internet is not the answer. But who said it was? And hang on, what was the question again? The internet is a good answer to a question like “What do we call the global network of computer networks?”, but a bad response to “What would you like to drink?” The internet is a very good answer, in the sense of “approach or solution”, to the problem of sending a written message very quickly to someone on the other side of the world, but a poor one to the problem of constructing a better society.
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