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What Does @DHH Find to Be So Wrong With the Internet Today
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David Heinemeier Hansson finds that so much of the internet has been captured by the top ~10 companies, they get to dictate everything that happens on the internet. Blogging and podcasting are the last strong hold of the open internet, and he believes that by taking venture investments, WordPress will make blogging into the next thing to be dominated by one of these companies.
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