How the Internet was stolen | Then & Now – Lewis Waller | Dec 20, 2022 (Documentary)

May 2, 2023
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Summary:

I look at the history of the internet, from ARPANET & NSFNET, through privatization, to Tim-Berners Lee, Yahoo, Netscape, Google, eBay, and Facebook, examining Microsoft’s antitrust court case and their battle against Open Source and Free Software, Bill Gate’s Open Letter to Hobbyists and the leaked Halloween Documents.

Then we take a look at the emergence of Surveillance Capitalism, and how platforms like AirBnb & Uber coopt the idea of the community and lobby politicians. Finally, we take a look at some alternatives.

Bibliography: https://lewwaller.com/how-the-internet-was-stolen/

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction to the History of the Internet

04:06 – Building the Net

20:37 – The Browser Wars (Microsoft vs the United States)

44:35 – The Californian Ideology (eBay, Yahoo, Google and the Libertarian Mind)

01:07:26 – The Raiding of Privacy (Surveillance Capitalism)

01:18:05 – Facebook

01:26:07 – The Theft of the Community (Airbnb & Uber)

01:40:31 – No Place (Utopian Dreams)

01:49:38 – Open Source vs Microsoft

01:59:24 – Conclusion: Politics, Policy, and Alternatives