To say that Big Tech controls the internet might seem like an exaggeration. Increasingly, in at least one sense, it’s literally true. The internet c

Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft Weave a Fiber-Optic Web of Power

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To say that Big Tech controls the internet might seem like an exaggeration. Increasingly, in at least one sense, it’s literally true.

The internet can seem intangible, a post-physical environment where things like viral posts, virtual goods and metaverse concerts just sort of happen. But creating that illusion requires a truly gargantuan—and quickly-growing—web of physical connections.

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