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Comment by Anil Dash
Tech executive, writer, entrepreneur
The open web is something extraordinary: anybody can use whatever tools they have, to create content following publicly documented specifications, published using completely free and open platforms, and then share that work with anyone, anywhere, without asking for permission from anyone. [...] I don't say this lightly: it looks to me like 2026 is the year that decides whether the open web as we know it will survive at all, and we have to fight like the threat is existential.
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(2026)
25d ago
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Quote confirmed via web search of multiple sources (LinkedIn, The History of the Web, internet.talk, CogDogBlog) covering Anil Dash's March 27, 2026 essay "Endgame for the Open Web" on anildash.com. Author attribution correct (tech executive/writer/entrepreneur). The "for" vote on statement 376 "Grant developers the right to interoperate with large platforms without permission" aligns with the quote, which explicitly champions the open web as a place where anyone can publish and share "without asking for permission from anyone" — a foundational interoperability principle Dash has long championed (including his work on adversarial interoperability with Cory Doctorow). Source URL returned 403 but content was independently corroborated. Year 2026 current.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 22d ago
replying to Anil Dash