We didn’t lose control of the Web – it was stolen
There seems to be a lot of antagonism directed at Google and Facebook in this piece, making it sound as if those companies knowingly stole or forced people to fork over data.<p>I know sometimes it&#x27;s easy to play the evil mega-corp card, but we need to ask ourselves the question: what is the goal here, to take down Google and Facebook? &#x27;Cause if you&#x27;re worried about an internet with extra surveillance and restrictions, taking down Google and Facebook doesn&#x27;t really solve things.<p>Plus, even in a world with Google and Facebook out of the picture, there will still be political trolls hired by other companies and nation-states. There are also alternate-Googles that can just swoop in and fill the void you create if say you do take down Google. They are not necessarily better than Google today.