> But this isn't an ideal world, is it?
No, but the recent societal changes due to the pandemic have made an
enormous difference: for many (most?) people now 100% of their
communications outside of their immediate family (including the most
intimate/private ones) goes through proprietary code under the
control of companies which owe nothing to those people.
To make matters worse, this is a small handful of companies which
control (and can record, archive, analyze, ...) the whole
world's communication.
The power they can wield is hard to fathom.
Stefan
