> I can’t be the only one confused at these calls to have the government destroy things like searching the web, am I?

if you find this distressing then i imagine you find it equally as distressing as a couple of corporations destroy something.

the reason the word *enshittification” has become so ubiquitous is because corporations are actively destroying the internet and desperately trying to convince us the internet is separate from “the real world”.

sometimes stopping a person from burning the house down is necessary. no matter how loudly they cry about their freedom to have a bonfire in the living room.