We need to talk about digital ownership
February 12, 2024
We need to talk about digital ownership.You might have been told you should seek to “own your own data”. That the future of the web itself is the prophesied “ownership era”, which will follow the “read” and “write” eras we’ve experienced to date. That creators online need to “own their audiences” rather than remain beholden to Big Tech platforms.
But what is ownership online? What should it be?