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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The phone book was not a big tech corporation, which is why it was a suitable place to have your phone number.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It was owned by a big tech corporation, Ma Bell. And then it got broken up and there were just a bunch of smaller monopolies printing phone books.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didnt know that.... thank you, stranger.

Big tech monopolies involved in everything, im just tired of it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the advantages(?) of being old is you remember all the previous times corporations have fucked us over in various ways. The phone company monopoly which turned into mini-monopolies was just one more example unfortunately. At least that one's over now.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

In the current age we don't even have to be that old to have been screwed by big corporations more than once. I guess anyone in their 20s would have by now gone through it at least thrice.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

So what you’re saying is decentralization killed the phone book so Meta is actually saving us!? /s