Digital enclosure is the process of turning open systems into walled gardens.
What begins as shared infrastructure is fenced, monetized, and locked away.
- App stores — gatekeeping access to software.
- Platforms — privatizing social interaction.
- DRM & IP — restricting digital ownership.
- Surveillance — enclosure of attention and data.
- Related to Internet.
- Connected to Cloudalism.
- Reinforces Technofeudalism.
- Countered by Commons.