Have you notice how corporations took over the internet ?

[LUCKMCFLY]

Have you notice how corporations took over the internet ?

I am a web dev and designer from 2008 ...i remember the internet being more human / person to person even chatting was fun back in '00 ...now the internet ...it's like a giant platform to do propaganda / advertise / spam and  for narcissists to showoff  on social networks like insta and fbook ...in my opinion we need to do something to get the vibe and freedom back ... else small businesses will have 0 chance against corporations and people will be continue to be programmed in to thinking the internet should be like it is now.

Not good for the economy not good for people.


It's similar to bitcoin when the movement started ... it was fun ,now di.ks with suits (fund managers ) started to hoard it...sure it is 50k now ,but you can't use it for the reason it was created... to be a currency...

Even youtube lost it's charm with does ads...

I honestly agree, back before the price of the bitcoin started going into the ten thousands people view bitcoin as a currency and as a way to send and receive transactions without taking thing way to seriously without thinking about the future of the price, but now everyone and i mean everyone who is using bitcoin is using it to make profit and investing in it just because the price is highly volatile in hopes that they will become millionaires because of it, keeping the same idea in their head and forgetting the true purpose of it and how it is a change for the corrupt system that we live in.

Although seeing it from the point of view of market speculation it is not bad for BTC, of course corporations take advantage of everything that has to do with human trafficking, in fact there is a lot of publicity at all times on social networks, and I prefer that whether it be from BTC than from anything else.

Although everything is headed towards investment and trading, in 2017 when it was on its way to $ 10k those who had more control of the market were the usual whales, currently there are many corporations that have bought BTC, and having more Holders , everyone will point in your favor and that influences the publicity. It should also be noted that due to the adoption of BTC in some countries such as "El Salvador", many countries are studying how to adopt it so that they can also make a profit, now BTC is being highly sought for its speculative market value.

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[Silberman]

I wouldn't say anyone or any corporation "took over" the internet. I think the internet is just the tool of natural evolution of how we exchange information as a evolving species. So basically anyone and everyone "took over" the internet gradually over a period of time. Im sure at some point the internet will become redundant and nobody will even remember it anymore. But taking over? Not even China can take over their own internet. People will find ways to break free.

I do believe the characterization that some companies have taken over the Internet is correct, before those giants came to the picture people used chat rooms to talk to each other and there were many back then, eventually social media appeared and people went from using hundreds of chat rooms to only using a few centralized services like Facebook, and the same is true for Google and other websites, so I do really think that the Internet is way less free than what it was decades ago.

[GeorgeJohn]

I think that makes sense, my friend, because the internet is getting more sophisticated and Bitcoin was never meant for smaller people either.  .

Internet can only help for fast or rapid awareness of a something and from another perception, internet is like an information career or processor which enable thousands of people to get ride of it, everyone knows that's internet is like an engine block of technology from perspective. So emphasising on bitcoin is never meant to small people, i would say it's wrong idealogy from my views, bitcoin is everyone who can afford a specific denomination they need, because it's not stipulated anywhere that without this particular amount you can't purchase btc.

[craigpo]

That’s normal. Anything good will always be scooped up. It also shows the value of bitcoin.

[Shasha80]

That the Internet used to be far more decentralized can't be denied tho.

No one would deny that. There used to be a time when Google, Twitter and Facebook didn't had the monopoly in the internet. But things started to change in a big way after Google acquired YouTube in 2006. They had tons of cash, and this helped them to go on a shopping spree and purchase whatever they want. And once they attained the monopoly, these corporations started getting involved in politics. The best example is Twitter flagging, and then banning Trump during his presidential campaign. Google has also behaved in a very biased manner recently. 

Well it is what it is , that was the reality ...
those corporate bastards has very angelic vision at the first time they came in but then become greedy to own and acquire everything around the internet.. the goals is always to have a power to influence... and once they have got achieved what they want , nobody can touch them like what the world did to facebook and google in freely stealing our privacy...

not even law can fight against this giant corporate.

Big corporations are getting greedy to do whatever they think will benefit them and this is very unhealthy. Even with abundant finances some
giant corporations can break the law even if they commit violations, this sounds pathetic. But we as ordinary people can't do anything, our freedom
on the internet is getting less and less, because of the monopoly by giant companies. In the end, instead of worrying about it, I'd better focus on
using the internet for something positive, at least it can provide benefits for me.