I think the next &quot;big thing&quot; is going to be that the internet as we know it comes under much more strict control and people just don&#x27;t care because they spend all their time in smartphone apps and only browse a few big websites.<p>It will become much harder for the average person to put a server on the web because they&#x27;ll have to pay higher fees and go through more and more bureaucracy. Kind of like what happened to radio.<p>A few big companies will own 90% of high traffic sites and the only way to get access to &quot;unapproved&quot; software will be to root your device, which will put you on a terrorist watch list.<p>We&#x27;ll assimilate under a few main services:<p>- a social net (facebook&#x2F;twitter)<p>- a search engine (google)<p>- entertainment (netflix&#x2F;walled garden apps)<p>Everything will feed directly into the NSA. There will be a slight illusion of choice.