> I cannot see how setting up a personal website today is any easier than it was a decade ago. Meanwhile, Google deprecated Blogger, Medium is increasingly wall

> I cannot see how setting up a personal website today is any easier than it was a decade ago. Meanwhile, Google deprecated Blogger, Medium is increasingly walled-off (see above) and in many parts of the world "The Internet" = Facebook. Never used blogger, but Github Pages seems like a good replacement. > Searching for stuff online today is a WORSE experience than it was ten years ago - on privacy, on search quality, on trustworthy results (vs camouflaged ads). Totally agree with you on this one. Search has gotten worse.