CBC Says Canada Is “Canary In The Coal Mine” As The Pubcaster Predicts Meta & Alphabet Will Block News Content In Other Countries
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EXCLUSIVE: Meta and Alphabet will pull back from news distribution in more countries if forced to pay for content, the CEO of leading Canadian public network CBC/Radio Canada has predicted. Catheri…
  • ILikeBoobies
    419·
    1 year ago

    Maybe the internet being built on links is a problem?

    You could run the same argument for ads and tracking

    • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
      221·
      1 year ago

      I’m not entirely sure how one could create a internet of interconnected computers and servers without links to one another and the webpages they serve.

      Short of maybe making one “central hub” controlled by one state/entity. Though this would probably not turn out great.

      • ILikeBoobies
        32·
        1 year ago

        Short of maybe making one “central hub” controlled by one state/entity. Though this would probably not turn out great

        I think public search engines is a good idea though it would be multiple states

        I suppose it’s because I’m old so I don’t like how centralized and profit driven the internet has become but I see nothing wrong with profit sharing with websites on pages where their link is used

          • ILikeBoobies
            11·
            1 year ago

            I see the law as a step not the end and would rather further the reaches of the legislation than repeal it

            As per blocking referrals I feel the issue is more the title and blurb stops people from clicking through as is. Hence the legislation

            If Facebook wasn’t allowed to show more than just a link then they would react in a similar manner

            Lemmy has a similar issue of people only reading the title or what the person said about a link

        • tempest
          7·
          1 year ago

          aha the internet as you know it was not born in 1983 unless you are mostly interacting on lemmy with email and ftp

            • ramEnglish
              4·
              1 year ago

              Lemmy was never known as Usenet.

                • ramEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  I guess you’re just too smart for people to understand.

    • wetnoodle@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      1 year ago

      Ah yes what an interesting internet that would be: nothing links to anything, you’re all alone, enjoy the empty internet