But the civil authorities didn't. You'd be still burned at the stake, but if you agreed with the people burning you that you deserved it you'd get a good afterl

But the civil authorities didn't. You'd be still burned at the stake, but if you agreed with the people burning you that you deserved it you'd get a good afterlife. The problem I have is the internet was wild when I grew up and it was the place to escape life. Now the internet is worse than real life and real life has been reduced to staying at home because of covid (your experience varies greatly by geo location). Tor, freenet and other networks that are actively hostile to the majority of users now feel like how the www felt in 1997. Here's hoping that their inherent nonmonetizability keeps them from going down the same path.