{"product_id":"the-internet-con-by-cory-doctorow-9781804292143","title":"The Internet Con","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the tech platforms promised a future of \"connection,\" they were lying. They said their \"walled gardens\" would keep us safe, but those were prison walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe platforms locked us into their systems and made us easy pickings, ripe for extraction. Twitter, Facebook, and other Big Tech platforms are hard to leave by design. They hold hostage the people we love, the communities that matter to us, the audiences and customers we rely on. The impossibility of staying connected to these people after you delete your account has nothing to do with technological limitations: it's a business strategy in service to commodifying your personal life and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe can — we must — dismantle the tech platforms. In \u003cem\u003eThe Internet Con\u003c\/em\u003e, Cory Doctorow explains how to seize the means of computation, by forcing Silicon Valley to do the thing it fears most: interoperate. Interoperability will tear down the walls between technologies, allowing users to leave platforms, remix their media, and reconfigure their devices without corporate permission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInteroperability is the only route to the rapid and enduring annihilation of the platforms. \u003cem\u003eThe Internet Con\u003c\/em\u003e is the disassembly manual we need to take back our internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47559036567788,"sku":"9781804292143","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804292143-the-internet-con.jpg?v=1776927828","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-internet-con-by-cory-doctorow-9781804292143","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}