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Open Web
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Keep the Web Free: No to Web3
A manifesto from the Yesterweb community arguing against Web3 — identifying it as predatory marketing, concentrated power under decentralization rhetoric, artificial scarcity, and a regressive wealth transfer mechanism. The clearest statement of the old-web skeptic's case against crypto.
Twitter's Descent into the Extractive — DHH / 37signals
DHH's 2012 essay on Twitter's shift from open ecosystem to extractive platform — killing third-party clients, tightening API access, and prioritizing ad revenue over developer relationships. A clear-eyed early diagnosis of what became a pattern across social platforms.