The digital sector under capitalism
*planted: 30/08/2020last tended: 27/11/2021
- Big tech is a huge part of capitalism
- Digital architectures shadow all aspects of human life
- For big tech, user benefits are secondary to business model
Advertisers prefer to work their magic on isolated, and preferably anxious, individuals who can be persuaded that competition and consumption, not collaboration and conviviality, are the answer to their troubles.
– The British Digital Cooperative: A New Model Public Sector Institution
1. Elsewhere
1.1. In my garden
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