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Pluralistic: If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) (26 Feb 2026)


Today's links

  • If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it): Trump wants Big Tech to win, not to play fair.
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • Object permanence: Harpercollins v libraries; Rothfuss x Firefly; Bookseller seethings; If magazine; HBR v executive pay; Apple caves on encryption.
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on February 26, 2026March 1, 2026Categories UncategorizedTags adversarial interoperability, data sovereignty, digital sovereignty, disenshittification, disenshittification nation, post-american internet, tiktok, trump2 Comments on Pluralistic: If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it) (26 Feb 2026)

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