The Internet Con

by Cory Doctorow

A well written book explaining in detail how BigTech got so big that it is too big to fail (lack of enforcement of anti-trust laws) and what we can do about it (forced interoperability). The author coins the term comcom in this book: Competitive Compatibility.

There is nothing revolutionary in this book, but it shows very clearly how BigTech is working with governments to control how we use the internet. To be clear: thisbook is not about China, but about democratic countries such as the US, UK and Canada or the Member States of the EU.

A very important point made is that whilst BigTech is hardly the biggest problem facing the world, it is the fundmental problem. We won't be able to address climate change, intolerance of diversity, the growing extreme right as well as all the other challenges the world faces, without first fixing BigTech.

A quick and easy to follow book well worth the time investment it takes to read it.

From 10.11.2025 to 17.11.2025