The closed nature of the internet is dangerous for reasons far beyond &quot;mom and pop can&#x27;t use the rest of the internet anyway&quot; argument:<p>1. Content Quality reduces due to lack of choice, and lack of exposure: Closed-groups are places where spam, false information, propaganda breed to a high degree. Other parts of internet help verify claims&#x2F;suspicions&#x2F;hypothesis.<p>2. Sets up a monopoly, vendor-lock-in, changes habits: Facebook would hold immeasurable power, once they&#x27;ve got people hooked onto thinking that there&#x27;s nothing beyond their apps. The content they censor, never appears on their networks; the content they don&#x27;t like die a bad death, the apps they don&#x27;t interface with die a rather quick death, the business they don&#x27;t bless die a death by the guillotine, the businesses they do business with die a death by a thousand paper cuts.<p>3. MBAs ride the wave with their business plans, corrupt official enact new laws, freedom is lost: Similar schemes by multiple powerful corporations crop-up everywhere. Internet gets fragment, and everyone is left to rue the freedom they gave up. &#x27;Cause its a long battle up the hill, once the rules and laws are in place, they&#x27;re very difficult to change because of the inherent momentum it affords to all those &quot;rent-seekers&quot; and &quot;opportunistic&quot; businesses that crop up around it. For a case study, refer how the Airline industry squeezed out every ounce of leg-room, and comfort, for more seats, and in hope to turn more profits...<p>There&#x27;s a lot of other things that might happen, or not happen at all... but, remember, when something&#x27;s free, the product is usually the user.