The big shift for me is that the web got monetized, and now everything is either trying to get you to buy, trying to harvest your data, or both. It didn't used

The big shift for me is that the web got monetized, and now everything is either trying to get you to buy, trying to harvest your data, or both. It didn't used to be that way. Once upon a time, the idea that you'd expose your credit card or other personal details on the internet was inconceivable. With this change came the end of the fun Internet.