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Who Will Win Control of the Web?

Posted by Soulskill on from the probably-some-fourteen-year-old dept.

Barence writes "Control of the web is up for grabs. Each of the big three computing companies – Microsoft, Apple and Google – has its own radically different vision to promote, as does the world's biggest creative software company, Adobe. And HTML itself is changing, too. This article examines the case for each of the contenders in the war of the web and, with the help of industry experts, assesses which – if any – is most likely to emerge as victor."

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  1. Re:Answer by girlintraining · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You know, people are always reluctant for me to touch their computers and install privacy-enhancing software, until I show them how much faster their computer runs without malware, spyware, and pre-installed garbage. After I strip away all the advertisements they see on the web, they're utterly delighted. They want to buy me dinner, or hug me until I choke. They go from skeptics to supporters in a matter of minutes. And then I explain to them how I did it, and ask them to show their friends.

    People come to me all the time now asking for the same services: How do I turn off advertisements on my internet? How to I get rid of all these popups trying to sell me crap? And increasingly, people are asking me how they can browse without the government knowing what they are looking at. See, people do read all this crap on CNN; They just feel powerless to do anything about it.

    But once they have a community resource willing to show them, suddenly you've got the most unlikeliest of people knocking at your door. Traditional arguments about power and government hold little weight when I can show people how to push a button and make all the bullsh*t go away. No more tracking. No more advertisements. Bamf. Gone. All of it. They're free to use the public resource that is the internet with a peace of mind and just a smidgeon of anonymity and privacy.

    And they do. Oh how they do.

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  2. Re:How do we make sure? by blahplusplus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Slashdot may have political bias"

    Speaking about political bias, peoples understanding of what reason is and how it functions is seriously incorrect on all sides.

    Everyone on slashdot should see the following:

    Clip from important part:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYmi0DLzBdQ

    Te whole thing on youtube
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOdJMuCreDA