Centralized control over the user experience not only leads to enshittification, but to "despotification"; decentralized protocols bring back democratic ideals (Mike Masnick/Liberalism.org)

Jun 04, 2026 - 07:25
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Crowd at Tahrir Square holding a handwritten sign illustrating decentralized democratic ideals

Mike Masnick / Liberalism.org:
Centralized control over the user experience not only leads to enshittification, but to “despotification”; decentralized protocols bring back democratic ideals  —  In January 2011, somewhere in the crush of bodies in Cairo's Tahrir Square, a man held up a handwritten sign.

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