In keeping with "Cory Doctorow essay style" this is long, dense, and makes a ton of good points, e.g.

> we don't have to be eternal prisoners of the catastrophic policy blunders of clueless lawmakers of old

Cory is right and wrong, the early internet is gone from sight, but it has been heavily optimised to make money(full stop). And this is a line I observe, whatever will make me money, and does not involve crime or complicated "platform engagement" is something that I will partisipate in.....as it bridges the dificulties of rural living by allowing me to be in many places at once, while still physicaly bieng on the land. What Mr Doctorow calls the enshitifcation has been manifesting as what I call the "devitilisation" of rural areas for a lot longer, and now with mobile cellular data becoming widespread, the internet is in fact providing an.economic anchor i to the world at large....not an easy or good anchor, but it is something, and with the ability to have critical supplys and parts delivered has changed the balance a bit, so...we will see.

Cory Doctorow was compelling but his complete obsession with Trump is a hard arc to watch. I get he is a progressive and all, but his silence during Obama's reign is telling.

Discussed 9 days ago (149 points, 132 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44113735