"The web browser is one example of an autonomy robbing technology, although it increases autonomy in some ways."
Yes! There are just too many problems that trace back to the use of the "modern web browser".
It is not a coincidence that these programs are controlled by corporations interested in surveillance (that also run websites), and not by a community of web users.
These programs are so monotonous that almost no users compile them from source. It takes too long. No user makes changes to these web browsers. Instead they write extensions that the corporations can effectively limit or render useless at any time. Users commenting on the web plead pathetically with corporations to make changes to their browsers. The corporations ignore these requests; the corporations are remunerated by serving websites engaged in advertising and e-commerce, not the web users who visit them.
For users: Zero autonomy.
To fix the problems with today's internet, as caused by today's web, one must address the web browser issue.
Yes! There are just too many problems that trace back to the use of the "modern web browser".
It is not a coincidence that these programs are controlled by corporations interested in surveillance (that also run websites), and not by a community of web users.
These programs are so monotonous that almost no users compile them from source. It takes too long. No user makes changes to these web browsers. Instead they write extensions that the corporations can effectively limit or render useless at any time. Users commenting on the web plead pathetically with corporations to make changes to their browsers. The corporations ignore these requests; the corporations are remunerated by serving websites engaged in advertising and e-commerce, not the web users who visit them.
For users: Zero autonomy.
To fix the problems with today's internet, as caused by today's web, one must address the web browser issue.