>> Part of uploading things to the internet is reconciling that everyone can see, copy and distribute the content you provide

In some ways this is a narrow definition of the Web. There is a lot of activity placed behind a login to expressly prevent the information from being public access.

If I upload a private repo to github I expect it to be private. If I interact with a Dr or lawyer on a site, I expect that to be private.

Of course inter-operability controlled by the -user- is different to the idea of interoperability controlled by the host, or by some external entity (scraper). The former is good, the latter less desired.