Comment by JohnFen

> I'd say it was less free and open when Microsoft controlled almost everyone's browsers

Now it's Google, so that situation hasn't changed any.

> What have they advocated for that has 'utterly failed'?

Privacy and keeping the web open, mostly. The privacy situation is worse now than ever, and the open web is continuing to shrink.

> It was less free and open in early days when users was restricted to specific types of work; for example, I think conducting business wasn't allowed.

When was this? I've been on the internet since before it was open to the general public, and I don't remember a time when users were restricted to specific types of work, nor a time when conducting business was not allowed.