To use your town square metaphor.. the pavement and the upkeep is paid by taxes.. so can our ISPs charge a bit extra to block advertising and data collection for us while we pay for online services that we use?
I don't think we are screwed.. so long as we talk about and create better experiences people will see better possibilities and options. I just feel like we have a soup of platforms provided as services and open standards for communication platforms have been left in the lurch for a bit. When's RCS messaging rolling out? When was the last update to RSS to include commenting, tagging or broadcast? Where's the ability to reliably host video on your own server without uploading it somewhere else?
I don't think we are screwed.. so long as we talk about and create better experiences people will see better possibilities and options. I just feel like we have a soup of platforms provided as services and open standards for communication platforms have been left in the lurch for a bit. When's RCS messaging rolling out? When was the last update to RSS to include commenting, tagging or broadcast? Where's the ability to reliably host video on your own server without uploading it somewhere else?