>I have friends who set up their own web pages in the late 90s armed with Notepad, free hosting supplied by their ISP, and some online help. >No chance at all

>I have friends who set up their own web pages in the late 90s armed with Notepad, free hosting supplied by their ISP, and some online help. >No chance at all of most people being able to do that today. I used to save my notepad files on a floppy drive. No chance at all of most people being able to do that today. Just because things are different doesn’t mean worse. The exact skills and methods used 20 years ago is not a good metric for something as nebulous as “do things independently online”. The “things” you can do are going to change and evolve.