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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.
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Grant developers the right to interoperate with large platforms without permission
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AI Verified The quote clearly praises permissionless creation on the web and contrasts it with platforms where Apple, Microsoft, or Google must 'allow' developers to build. Although it does not use the word 'interoperate,' it strongly implies support for developers being able to build and work with large platforms without needing their permission. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Unverifiable The quote clearly favors permissionless creation — "one does not need permission to create" and "We do not need to wait for Apple, Microsoft or Google to allow us to build this" — but it does not explicitly address a right to interoperate with large platforms, so the whole statement is not unambiguous from the quote alone. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified Verified at the supplied August 11, 2015 Brewster Kahle blog post, which is attributed on-page to Brewster Kahle. The first paragraph appears verbatim at line 27; the later passage includes the exact sentence about software on "phones, tablets, and laptops" at line 94 and the exact closing sentence "We do not need to wait for Apple, Microsoft or Google to allow us to build this." at line 176. The [...] omission spans intervening text but does not change the attribution. ([brewster.kahle.org](https://brewster.kahle.org/2015/08/11/locking-the-web-open-a-call-for-a-distributed-web-2/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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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