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Property is one of the basis of autonomy so this shift that makes economic sense and scales for large corporations will probably many very undesired societal effects. It's the missing link between the optimism of early web with the dystopias of cyberpunk, if everything is a subscription not a product you have no control over it, and can be easily banned from it. Infrastructure as a subscription is the royal road to tyranny.


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