Yeah yeah, I know the web is a composite of servers everywhere. But of course, since nothing in this life (or the next one for you reincarnated blokes out there) happens without cash flow, it got me thinking— who really owns the web? And I mean own in the sense that if a corporation withdrew all of their green paper influence from the web, how much would it affect everyone else?
In a sugar sweet world, we’d all like to say we’re online for the sake of aesthetics, or because we want to communicate with the world. But in truth, we’re still consumers in this realm just like in the real world… news, music, video, fashion, porn, and of course art. It used to be that geeks and hackers ran the web, but consumerism has forced them to the underground. Ads and product links fuel the web’s existence now. But who has the most control?
Of course, I leave that to you to ponder. Even with 2 cups of coffee and that ringing in my brain like Daffy just got his bill blown off by a Fudd shotgun, I’m not awake enough to drop names. Or maybe I just don’t want to. Nobody is paying me to do so. Peace.