Facebook (& Co.) est un piège, et c’est pas moi qui le dit

Venant du fondateur du Web, le message a un autre poids que lorsque c’est un gros belge barbu qui le dit, mais le fond ne change pas :

The Web as we know it, however, is being threatened in different ways. Some of its most successful inhabitants have begun to chip away at its principles. Large social-networking sites are walling off information posted by their users from the rest of the Web. Wireless Internet providers are being tempted to slow traffic to sites with which they have not made deals. Governments—totalitarian and democratic alike—are monitoring people’s online habits, endangering important human rights.

If we, the Web’s users, allow these and other trends to proceed unchecked, the Web could be broken into fragmented islands. We could lose the freedom to connect with whichever Web sites we want. (…)

Why should you care? Because the Web is yours.

Tim Berners-Lee, “Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality” (Scientific American, December 2010. Lisible sur leur site Web)

C’est pas moi qui le dit, mais c’est moi qui souligne 😉