IMO the biggest issue with the web is the lack of a consistent “contract” between content and consumer. Compare a blog to a podcast. A podcast is long form con

IMO the biggest issue with the web is the lack of a consistent “contract” between content and consumer. Compare a blog to a podcast. A podcast is long form content. You know clearly how a podcast is monetized, and accept the advertising or Patreon or whatever. A blog, OTOH, might literally be malicious to your computer, privacy, and attention. You dont know if it’ll try to hijack your browser or what it might track about you. You don't know if you’ll have a pleasant reading experience or get twenty prompts to signup for a newsletter. Intermittent reinforcement being the strongest kind, we begin to associate the web / blogs with malicious spam that slows down your computer, even if many aren't.