Tim Berners-Lee wants people to be able to control their own data, not companies like Meta
The New Yorker is out with an in-depth look at Tim Berners-Lee, a 70-year-old who "may have the smallest fame-to-impact ratio of anyone living," writes Julian Lucas. Meaning, he's not as well known as you might think given that Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web back in 1989. More than three decades later, Berners-Lee is admired "not only for inventing the web but for refusing to patent it." His crusade over the last three decades hasn't been to cash in, but "to safeguard the web's openness and promote equitable access." He sees today's internet as dominated by a few data-milking platforms like Meta and Google that trap users and monetize their behavior. In his view, the web's early promise of open, decentralized exchange is in serious trouble.