Web 2.0 is Sharecropping

“Web 2.0 services resemble modern sharecropping — users contribute data and labor, but don't own the services or have control over their data. ”

A short Ignite-format polemic: Web 2.0 services look a lot like digital sharecropping — users contribute the data and the labor, but don't own the service and have no recourse when it disappears. Jesse argues for open APIs, peer-to-peer sync, and offline-capable apps as the way out, and points at Prophet as one path forward.