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I see this anecdote all the time as if it it really applies to the modern internet. I don’t think it really holds any bearing at all. The early days of the int
by d1str0 3y ago
I see this anecdote all the time as if it it really applies to the modern internet. I don’t think it really holds any bearing at all.
The early days of the internet didn’t facilitate trillions in economic value like it is now.
We can use that anecdote as inspiration but it really has no merit on the modern internet.
- littlestymaar 3y ago> The early days of the internet didn’t facilitate trillions in economic value like it is now. Neither does ads. The “trillions” in economic value are what's driven by the businesses using the internet for their business (say to order food, taxis, hotels, online games, etc.). The ads-based internet generate only a tiny fraction of that value. In fact, it only generates the low-quality value for which people aren't willing to pay anything. Youtube is probably the only exception here, and in fact if they decided to go fully paid, then many people would probably still pay for it, like they pay for Netflix.
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoI've found it very relevant in the post Reddit and Twitter era. Instead of seeking out direct replacements for those sites I remember how much better the smaller, authentic internet was and break the habit of depending on the most popular sites just to go along with the crowd.
- CatWChainsaw 3y agoAh yes, 'economic value', the ONLY worthwhile measure of goodness in the world. Trillions of dollars of shit is still shit, but shit is at least useful for compost where ads are useless at best.
- fuzzfactor 3y ago>early days of the internet didn’t facilitate trillions in economic value like it is now. With all those additional trillions there should be enough overall wealth for everyone to afford a completely ad-free internet now more than ever.