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[-] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 29 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I miss it in some ways, too. It was more of the Wild West of internet.

I would argue today's internet is fully optimized for control over people (when desired) & profitability. Unless there's some Earth-shattering backlash where idk people kill all ads & they purchase NOTHING online unless they very specifically search for it....this is the internet, perfected. The internet is free, our attention & wallets are the product. Traded, tracked, bought, and sold.

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

I grew up in the wild west of the internet and I do miss it. Things were so much more interesting, but that was probably becuase I was a kid and the internet was new, so having all this content was not usual.

[-] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

People were happier. There was still hope back then.

[-] DeltaWingDragon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

It used to be a whole weird wide world. Then the corpos got a hold of it, and now it's 5 giant spyware websites filled with screenshots of the other 4. Say what you will about the old web (NO HTTPS!) but at least it was human.

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