I think there are several nice things on the Internet. They're mostly run by individuals or non profits. Startups or large companies run the most visited sites

I think there are several nice things on the Internet. They're mostly run by individuals or non profits. Startups or large companies run the most visited sites and that more or less takes over the internet experience for most people. https://archive.org https://archive.org is still an underrated corner of the internet. Other sites like LibreVox, Project Gutenberg, several blogs run by individuals, webcomics (xkcd), small merchants, community sites, MOOCs (private and large ones) etc. who are all great and I can't think of any way other than the Internet to get access to them. There is a centralising effect at work (e.g. people use discord rather than personal forum sites, medium instead of personal blogs etc.) but it's still not a dead end. I think treating the net like a resource rather than a "way of life" or a something to binge on is the good way think about it. The latter is what companies try to make us do for their bottom line but that doesn't mean that it's the only thing out there. Finally, when you're done, visit https://hmpg.net/ https://hmpg.net/ and tune out.