> Greed destroyed the open and experimental Internet. Did it? Or did it expand the open and experimental internet to also include profit-making ventures? This

> Greed destroyed the open and experimental Internet. Did it? Or did it expand the open and experimental internet to also include profit-making ventures? This meme crops up a lot on HN, but I can't see what's stopping the same internet thriving - there's still self hosting, there's still an open public internet (apart from some newer restrictions around copyright which were inevitable), there's still P2P for those less concerned with the previous point. The "open and experimental internet" catered to a minority, and the minority can still, largely, enjoy it as is. It's just that the whole internet is no longer just the open and experimental version.