> I would enthusiastically welcome a web that isn't based on firehose-advertising and outright deception/lies. I would too but I don't see how it happens. The

> I would enthusiastically welcome a web that isn't based on firehose-advertising and outright deception/lies. I would too but I don't see how it happens. The awesome web that used to be was built on the backs of unpaid volunteers. Maybe that could return but even if it did all that wonderful volunteer work would get funneled through Google or OpenAI so investors can make a fat profit from it. Feels fundamentally wrong to me.