Lol youre giving too much credit to certain people.

People have trouble thinking 2 years out, let alone 5, 10, 15, 20 years...

What certain people do you mean?

To me it's undeniable that the web has become more centralised, more homogenised, and certain agents find that very convenient.

even wiki(pedia|data) is very convenient for large scale training, and most of their sources are from the 'open' web.