Here’s Why World Wide Web Founder Regrets Keeping It Free

British physicist Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has reflected on his landmark decision to make the web open-source and free for all.

Originally envisioned as a limitless space for information-sharing and creativity, the web has since been transformed by corporate interests.

In a candid article for The Guardian, Berners-Lee admitted regret, noting that tech giants now collect and sell vast amounts of user data while social media algorithms exploit attention and harm younger generations.

Once meant to empower innovation, the web, he warns, has become a system where users are no longer customers but commodities, raising the troubling question: is the internet truly free anymore?