Richard MacManus on Nostr: If I had to pinpoint when the rose-tinted view of Web 2.0 as an open-platform ...
If I had to pinpoint when the rose-tinted view of Web 2.0 as an open-platform paradise began to fade away, the rise of Google Chrome over 2009 would be it. But I’d argue it was Facebook’s purchase of the trendy geek app FriendFeed in August 2009 that proved once and for all that big companies were in control of Web 2.0 now.
https://cybercultural.com/p/040-web20-big-tech-control-2009/ #InternetHistory #Web20 #FriendFeed
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