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CORY DOCTOROW: INTEROPERABILITY CAN SAVE THE OPEN WEB

spectrum.ieee.org6 min read

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Cory Doctorow's latest book, The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, presents a case for disrupting Big Tech, arguing that Big Tech's walled gardens are fenced in by legal structures, not feats of engineering. Forcing interoperability could break down these walls and make the Internet freer and more democratic. This article features an interview with Doctorow, where he discusses how interoperability could break up monopolies in Big Tech and beyond.