There is another policy response to tariffs, one that will substantially lower prices for Canadians, while incubating profitable, export-oriented Canadian tech firms, whose products can be sold by community-based small and medium enterprises, to the benefit of the Canadian news and culture industry, Canadian software firms, and Canadian consumers.

Cory Doctorow’s The Internet Con explains how the promise of a free and open internet was lost to predatory business practices and the rush to commodify our lives. In this excerpt, he explains how the history of technology is one long guerrilla fight where the giants wield network effects against scrappy upstarts whose asymmetrical warfare weapon of choice is low switching costs.