Comment by Brewster Kahle

Internet Archive founder; digital librarian
But the Web is fun. The Web is so easy to use and inviting that millions of people are putting interesting things online; in many ways pouring a digital representation of their lives into the Web. New features are being invented and added into the technology because one does not need permission to create in this system. All in all, the openness of the Web has led to the participation of many. This is important because software on phones, tablets, and laptops are becoming more difficult to install without the permission of a company, such as Apple. [...] We do not need to wait for Apple, Microsoft or Google to allow us to build this.
AI Unverifiable source (2015)
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AI Unverifiable Source URL (brewster.kahle.org/2015/08/11 'Locking the Web Open: A Call for a Distributed Web') returns HTTP 403 from WebFetch. Web search confirms this 2015 essay/talk by Brewster Kahle exists with the broader thesis of openness, distributed peer-to-peer architecture, and explicitly arguing against gatekeeping by centralized platforms - language consistent with the quoted lines about not needing permission to create on the Web and not needing to wait for Apple/Microsoft/Google. Vote (For 'Grant developers the right to interoperate with large platforms without permission') aligns with Kahle's open-web, decentralized vision. Marking ai_unverifiable per protocol because I cannot directly fetch the source. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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