Johannes Ernst on Nostr: I'm looking for historical examples where a closed, monopolistic network (like, say, ...
I'm looking for historical examples where a closed, monopolistic network (like, say, Twitter), was supplanted by an open one (say, the Fediverse) and what turmoil ensued.
AOL and the internet is the obvious one, but is there anything else?
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