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Are we the baddies?

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697 points AndrewSwift | 1 comments | 06 Jul 25 05:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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mindwok ◴[06 Jul 25 07:15 UTC] No.44478544[source]▶
What the open web did for discoverability of businesses, we need to invent again for actual engagement with the businesses.

Uber, Booking.com, AirBnB, ClassPass, Steam, DoorDash - these winner take all middle-men rent seeking tech behemoths are bad for society and are hostile to consumers and the businesses that rely on them.

Let's decentralise this shit.

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1. TFYS ◴[06 Jul 25 07:32 UTC] No.44478612[source]▶
It's not the centralization that's the main problem. Centralization of those services can make sense. It's how and why those centralized services are run. They're run like dictatorships, for the purpose of making the dictator and his friends richer. They should be run democratically, for the purpose of making the lives of the users better. Breaking up monopolies is just a temporary solution, because the systems of capitalism will always create them again. The underlying system, the how and why, needs to change.