Prepare for backlash against Big Tech

Is there an example of another business sector that was radically changed due to massive public outcry? I can't think of any. There's tobacco, maybe, but that was a long slow process of government regulation, and the tobacco companies are still around.

I agree that decentralization is a potential solution here, e.g. services like Matrix, Mastodon.

Cryptocurrencies are currently a 'get rich quick' fad that won't help with winning back the internet.

Not going to go into my strategy. I'll just say what I do works for me. Until it doesn't. Like in March when Google made the so-called "Fred" update. Sites that had been running for years just like yours went from the 5th position on page one to somewhere on page 10. Some sites went from page 10 to page 1. On the whole it was a net negative with no rhyme or reason to it, i.e., some lower quality sites ranked higher and vice versa. By the way, none of these sites are spam, are cloaked, aren't https, no PBN crap, etc. They were just there one day and gone the next. Many many people had the same experience. If you didn't then that's great. My point is not woe is me, down with Google. My point is Google being a gatekeeper has an immense amount of power and a subtle change by them can mean the difference between being "on the internet" and off of it. Fortunately I have many sites so I'll survive but a lot of people don't.

We are now in a far more globalized economy, and the US profits from the dominant FMAG stocks and hegemony. The EU will definitely attack this, whether they have teeth is questionable.

> damaging the social fabric without care (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter)

Without Facebook and Snapchat my parents would get something on the order of a written letter once a year and a call on their birthdays. With them they get to see daily life snaps on my story (usually funny things my wife or dog do, but whatever) and weekly Facebook photos of family events. It's much higher fidelity than written communication or phone calls and would make the social fabric stronger, not weaker.