Where Next for Openness?
summary
Open web faces concrete threats: net neutrality erosion, mobile platform lock‑down, video trapped in Flash, identity and data silos, and privacy/security failures. Proposal: explain open generativity simply, pick specific product fixes and campaigns, and mobilize people to act — e.g. get rid of Internet Explorer 6 and old Flash installs, use One Web Day Sep 22, and build a 2 million-strong army to push updates. Cites past wins: 8 million Firefox downloads and seat‑belt–era safety gains as a model.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00The value of the open web
- 2:30Technological impact
- 6:06Threats to digital freedom
- 9:27The seat belt moment
- 11:57Taking collective action
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