Big Tech extracts retirement-scale wealth from UK internet users, research shows

The Register
May 26, 2026, 6:30 am109 pts
Brits are apparently giving away the equivalent of a retirement fund every time they mindlessly hammer "Accept All Cookies" just to read a recipe online. A new white paper [PDF] from the Web3 Foundation, a Swiss nonprofit pushing blockchain-based alternatives to today's platform-dominated internet, claims that…

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