Google and Facebook's dominance could lead to the "death of the internet," warns programmer

Facebook and Google now have direct influence over nearly three quarters of all internet traffic, prompting warnings that the end of a free and open web is imminent. In a far-reaching blogpost titled "The Web Began Dying in 2014, Here’s How," programmer André Staltz details how the dynamics of power on the web have “drastically changed” in recent years.

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