Cory Doctorow’s book explores Surveillance Capitalism and how we already have the tools around to deal with Big Tech, we just have to use the laws in place to hold technology companies to account instead of letting them get away with stealing our future.
I got the most out of his look at digital locks via the DMCA and rule 1201 that makes the breaking of any type of digital lock a crime. Doesn’t matter if the device is no longer supported, you can’t dig into it and make it work again even if you own it without looking at jail time. Companies claim this is to do with our “security” but it’s really about the security of their revenue streams.