Spite House: AI, disintermediation and the end of the free web Highlight

A spite house is only a spite house if it stands alone. Individual resistance is futile – and lonely. But collective resistance? That’s different.

There are people choosing the harder path, and pushing back. An AI web isn’t inevitable. There are content creators prioritising research and originality. There are publishers experimenting with community models. People are building on the Fediverse and in decentralised spaces. Initiatives like Solid offer the promise of tech that would protect people and their data while promoting collaboration. People still believe in the free web.

This isn’t about nostalgia or refusing to adapt. It’s about questioning whether AI dominance is actually inevitable, or whether it’s just being marketed that way.