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Age Verification Is A Windfall for Big Tech—And A Death Sentence For Smaller Platforms (www.eff.org)
submitted 2 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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This consolidation of power is a dream come true for the Big Tech platforms, but it’s a nightmare for users. While the megacorporations get more traffic and a whole lot more user data (read: profit), users are left with far fewer community options and a bland, corporate surveillance machine instead of a vibrant public sphere. The internet we all fell in love with is a diverse and colorful place, full of innovation, connection, and unique opportunities for self-expression. That internet—our internet—is worth defending.

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[–] LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same. I know there are easy ways around it but I'm not going to use them, and I wish more people could take this attitude - if everyone cut down their Internet usage in response to this ID stuff things would quickly start to turn around

[–] other_cat@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It would be a big struggle for me but I still agree with you.

[–] LuckingFurker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The fact that you recognise it would be a struggle should honestly spur you on even more to do it. People got by for a long time without the Internet and even though now the same infrastructure they'd have used is at best a shell of its former self if not gone entirely it would still be possible. We don't have to stop entirely but if a bunch of sites suddenly find their traffic is way down they'd start to put pressure on about getting rid of ID checks and we might finally see some movement

[–] other_cat@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 day ago

Oh, I know. No preaching required. I'm from pre-internet days. That's why I agree with you. Being this dependent on the internet is not good for me or anyone else.