"Sure, maybe it is just an age thing, and nothing has really changed. But I don't know... I feel like the Internet used to be something special, and now it feel

"Sure, maybe it is just an age thing, and nothing has really changed. But I don't know... I feel like the Internet used to be something special, and now it feels like flipping through TV channels in your office break room." At one time, I could get any book, journal, or work of art off the Internet for free. Yes--it was wrong, but it was also magical. Those days are gone, unless you live in a country that allows it? Today, I seem to go to the same monopolized websites. Websites that seem to control me? I never felt that in 2007. Hackernews is my one of my three sites I go to. And yes--it was so nice when celebrities didn't know how to use the internet. So--so nice. I wonder if artists/authors/creators are better off with today's internet? (Yes, downloading was against the law. I don't need a lecture. That period of history was exciting though.)