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Doctorow wrote a blog post about this. It has the video and a transcription of it, so you can either watch it, read it or both.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
He also has a book on this topic, called Enshittification (I haven't read it, yet). I believe this talk was part of his book tour for the book. You can buy it DRM-free from his webpage: https://craphound.com/shop/
I just read the blog post on pluralistic.net, and wow, that was a good read. So much to unpack, I'm kinda speechless at the moment. Thanks for the link.
I didn't know Doctor Who was real I thought he was just from a show.