Between Apple walled garden and the new dev signature thing from Google, those big players should do like control over what we can do as users.

I agree with you, PWA is the way but Apple has been slow walking integration for years now (see https://brainhub.eu/library/pwa-on-ios)

I mean, the Wikipedia page does say it was sold in 2018. Not sure how it was before but it’s not surprising that it enshittified by now.

I think you mean anecdotes my friend

That’s why I’m posting this 🤷‍♂️

I’d point at his excellent interview with AOC not even a month ago: https://youtu.be/eeheoxWzf2o

Wasted time reading this thread, you write with the arrogance of the uninformed convinced it’s deep thinking.

You’re not wrong but, thankfully, studying history and teaching the impact of things doesn’t require the things to physically be in the room.

In mainland China it’s called Douyin, exactly the same app, same company, not the same content of course. It’s separate because Beijing wants a tighter control on social media in mainland China.