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> but as someone who vividly remembers the internet before ads and pay walls I still find it odd how people growing up online today just seem to accept it. I f

> but as someone who vividly remembers the internet before ads and pay walls I still find it odd how people growing up online today just seem to accept it. I find this odd - you're saying that you're only fond of the way things were when you grew up, but that it's odd how people growing up now accept their own reality?

kortilla 6y ago
It’s not just that it’s different, it’s worse. The Internet in the early 2000s was a magical time of unsustainable sharing. So it’s not just older == better. The early 90s and before were all shit for video and being bombarded with ads as well.
- xenocratus 6y ago
  > unsustainable sharing Indeed, that was another point I wanted to make but refrained from. Having so much content and functionality for free, with absolutely no cost (like your data being mined for pofit) is simply unsustainable... In a way, the early 2000s were the odd time, not today. Maybe that'll look different when/if humanity manages to overcome the major issues we face today and we reach an age of plenty.
coding123 6y ago
Yep, that's the nature of things. I'm 41 but I feel like, I don't know, 26 maybe. But I'm definitely not. If I was 26 right now, I would probably have instagram, fb, etc... whereas I have no social accounts, except, I suppose HN. I have literally no way of knowing what it would be like to have been born in 1994 instead of 1979... it's so crazy how fast things change. What would it be like if the internet was just a given when I was born instead of getting on BBS's and then the internet slowly leaks in.
- shrimp_emoji 6y ago
  >If I was 26 right now, I would probably have instagram, fb, etc... Lol no. Not if you're a nerd, anyway. You'd mostly be on Reddit and HN. ; p The only people left on Facebook in the West are around your age. Get Discord and Spotify and you're all caught up.
1vuio0pswjnm7 6y ago
I read the comment differently. I think it is marvelling at how users who first begin using the internet during a time of pervasive internet ads learn to tune them out, while users who first began using the internet during the time before pervasive internet ads lack this ability. The later group are more likely to block the ads to restore normalcy. The former are more likely to see ads as normal.

kortilla 6y ago

It’s not just that it’s different, it’s worse. The Internet in the early 2000s was a magical time of unsustainable sharing. So it’s not just older == better. The early 90s and before were all shit for video and being bombarded with ads as well.

xenocratus 6y ago
> unsustainable sharing Indeed, that was another point I wanted to make but refrained from. Having so much content and functionality for free, with absolutely no cost (like your data being mined for pofit) is simply unsustainable... In a way, the early 2000s were the odd time, not today. Maybe that'll look different when/if humanity manages to overcome the major issues we face today and we reach an age of plenty.

coding123 6y ago

Yep, that's the nature of things. I'm 41 but I feel like, I don't know, 26 maybe. But I'm definitely not. If I was 26 right now, I would probably have instagram, fb, etc... whereas I have no social accounts, except, I suppose HN. I have literally no way of knowing what it would be like to have been born in 1994 instead of 1979... it's so crazy how fast things change. What would it be like if the internet was just a given when I was born instead of getting on BBS's and then the internet slowly leaks in.

shrimp_emoji 6y ago
>If I was 26 right now, I would probably have instagram, fb, etc... Lol no. Not if you're a nerd, anyway. You'd mostly be on Reddit and HN. ; p The only people left on Facebook in the West are around your age. Get Discord and Spotify and you're all caught up.

1vuio0pswjnm7 6y ago

I read the comment differently. I think it is marvelling at how users who first begin using the internet during a time of pervasive internet ads learn to tune them out, while users who first began using the internet during the time before pervasive internet ads lack this ability. The later group are more likely to block the ads to restore normalcy. The former are more likely to see ads as normal.