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Digital Homeownership
You deserve a home on the World Wide Web that’s built to keep you safe; a magical place for virtual living that‘s yours for life, existing in a sociable web.
In the beforetimes we would just pick out a nice spot close to our neighbors, throw an animal hide over a bunch of sticks and call it a day. In modern times there's not a plot of land that isn't already owned, almost certainly by a feudal lord who bought it up in bulk for the purpose of renting it back to you. My agency on Microsoft’s platform is more a result of market forces (developers are slightly more discerning about lock-in effects) than a core value and priority on their part.
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