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+# Take the less traveled road
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+> Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—\
+> I took the one less traveled by,\
+> And that has made all the difference.
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+(Robert Frost, [The Road Not Taken](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59824/pg59824-images.html#THE_ROAD_NOT_TAKEN))
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+[Infrastructures](https://xkcd.com/743/), by Randall Munroe
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+The prisoner's dilemma describes situations where people can choose to act in their own interest or collaborate with others.
+I believe the prisoner's dilemma is present everywhere in our daily life and can explain many behaviors and situations.
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+One such scenario is when we choose services to use on the Internet.
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+Frequently, we choose services that are easy, popular, and even have no cost.
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+In the past, even non-technical people got shared hosting and ran WordPress to blog, with nearly total control about their communication.
+Nowadays, mostly everyone uses something like Twitter and cedes control to a company.
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+Using Twitter is easier than self-hosting WordPress.
+Twitter is so popular, that your message will likely reach more users on Twitter than on an independent blog.
+And you can use Twitter for free, whereas shared hosting costs you money and time.
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+Twitter became dominant and nowadays, many are frustrated by how Twitter has changed.
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+Dominance implies lack of competition, which is nearly always bad for the consumer.
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+Which means choosing which services to use frequently is a difficult choice.
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+We all have limited time and energy, but I propose that whenever you can, you should take the less traveled road.
+The easy alternative likely benefits you in the short term, but can easily contribute to a monoculture that will damage everyone in the end, including you.