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Have you heard of the open source internet? The antidote to a capitalist web already exists
The early internet was like the coolest club around. Then, big tech companies swept in. But the alternative to a corporate online world has always existed.
More importantly, it was also a place where you could find anything: that rare book, or the perfect pair of neon-pink tights, or a community for your unusual health condition. In both cases, analysis of the code or documents discovered quirks that benefit either the companiesor theirfounders, which company representatives said or implied weren’t happening. Even better would be if people could use what has been released to get their own data, so the cost of switching to an alternative service – be that a social media network, search engine or shopping provider – is lower.
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