Ever notice the divide? Tech monopolies control information channels and wield enormous power—yet operate without real accountability. Meanwhile, their own families? They avoid the very platforms they push onto everyone else. YouTube shorts, TikTok algorithms, engagement loops—these are tools designed for mass consumption, not for the architects' children. The gap is stark: those who understand the machinery stay protected, while ordinary families get caught in systems they never chose. This power asymmetry isn't accidental. It's why decentralized alternatives matter—to break cycles where a handful of corporations decide what billions see and think.
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APY_Chaser
· 10h ago
Double standards to the extreme, really. They can't let their own kids play TikTok but still sell it to us.
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BoredWatcher
· 10h ago
Wow, this is true double standards. They can't let their own kids play with something, but they shove it in our faces.
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GasFeeCrier
· 11h ago
Typical double standards, so true
Let's all get involved in the algorithm, while their kids stay away from screens?
That's why Web3 must win, there's no other way
Where power is concentrated, oppression exists—an old and familiar script
What seems radical is actually just basic common sense
By the way, can they really hide forever... sooner or later it will be exposed
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FrogInTheWell
· 11h ago
I'm broken... My kid is just a generation fed by algorithms.
This is blatant double standards, so ironic.
Exactly, they don't use this set of rules themselves, but sell it to us.
Decentralization is still too idealistic; it's too difficult in reality.
It's contradictory—making money with their products and then criticizing them.
How to break it? Feels like we're all being hijacked by the system.
It's just a power game; I look down on this set.
A deep good article, but ordinary people can't change much.
I just want to know what their kids are playing with?
Forget it, resistance is useless anyway, might as well lie flat.
This topic is discussed every day, but nothing has changed.
Decentralization sounds beautiful, but who can really make it happen?
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GetRichLeek
· 11h ago
Damn, this is exactly what I've been saying—whales don't even play their own game.
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It's the same old decentralized rhetoric, but I bet five Ethereum that it won't drop back to 1000. Stop FOMOing me.
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Really, big V's kids can't see the garbage recommended by algorithms, but us retail investors are fed brainless content. This operation is top-notch.
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So Web3 is the way out? Just look at the current chaos in crypto; it's just a different way to cut.
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Asymmetric power? Bro, you're talking about the crypto world, right? Whales hoard coins and dump, retail investors are always the bagholders.
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Sounds pretty idealistic, but that's why I bought a bunch of small coins... ready to either get rich or lose everything.
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Remember seeing some on-chain data analysis before—institutions are quietly buying, and after I entered, the price directly fell below my defense. Laugh out loud.
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Decentralization sounds great, but in reality, big players still call the shots. Just a different name for it.
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No wonder they're tech giants; their methods are ruthless. But why do I feel like I've become one of them... getting more and more FOMO.
Ever notice the divide? Tech monopolies control information channels and wield enormous power—yet operate without real accountability. Meanwhile, their own families? They avoid the very platforms they push onto everyone else. YouTube shorts, TikTok algorithms, engagement loops—these are tools designed for mass consumption, not for the architects' children. The gap is stark: those who understand the machinery stay protected, while ordinary families get caught in systems they never chose. This power asymmetry isn't accidental. It's why decentralized alternatives matter—to break cycles where a handful of corporations decide what billions see and think.