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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey regrets playing a role in centralising the internet

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He admits he’s partially to blame.
Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has admitted he regrets his involvement in creating a centralised internet. „The days of usenet, irc, the web…even email (w PGP)…were amazing,“ he said in a tweet on Sunday. „Centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet. I realize I’m partially to blame, and regret it.“ As Affirm CEO and co-founder Max Levchin points out in replying to Dorsey’s tweet, the internet „changed from arthouse to blockbuster because it needed to gain an audience and make money“.

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