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@@ -21,13 +21,16 @@ much as possible. Call me a fundamentalist, but I find it very disturbing to giv
 online identity to services whose conditions are established and changed unilaterally.
 
 The [[http://opendefinition.org/ | definition of open knowledge]] is still a subject of
 online identity to services whose conditions are established and changed unilaterally.
 
 The [[http://opendefinition.org/ | definition of open knowledge]] is still a subject of

-discussion. At this time, I generally boycot any online web services that make it
+discussion. At this time, I tend to boycot those online web services that make it

 intentionally hard bulk access to data created collaboratively by their users.
 intentionally hard bulk access to data created collaboratively by their users.

-Examples of badly behaving sites are [[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and
-[[http://flickr.com | Flickr]].
+Examples of such badly behaving sites are [[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and
+[[http://flickr.com | Flickr]]: both have been created by us, but try downloading
+substantial portions of their data, if you can. On the other end of the spectrum,
+the [[http://wikipedia.org | Wikipedia]] provides an interface to dump the
+entire database, including the history of edits. This is what we should demand
+from any online resource built collaboratively.

 
 

-My current personal policy is to use these services in read-only mode, without
-helping them collect even more information.
+My current personal policy is to use those non-reciprocal services in read-only
+mode, thus avoiding to grow their information base with my help.

 
 

-Call me a fundamentalist for going through these hoops, but I believe I'm acting in
-my best personal interest. I //do// care about my meta-self, and you?
+Promoting users' autonomy is in the long-term interest of a free Internet.
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