Multiple things exist on the internet at once right, I mean we're having this discussion on an old-school website right now, it didn't go away, that's the nice

Multiple things exist on the internet at once right, I mean we're having this discussion on an old-school website right now, it didn't go away, that's the nice thing about the internet, pretty much unlimited space. But it also strikes me as very odd if not elitist to say you'd wish for a web when it consisted of academics and enthusiasts. Because for everyone who doesn't come from money or academia, like me, the fact that there's a real economy underpinning the web now means I have a job that actually feeds my family. (I in particular don't work for an ad company for what it's worth). It's one major business model that keeps the lights on in a lot of places and to say we should all be enthusiasts, who in this industry do a lot of work and get almost no compensation just doesn't work for most people. And is also just bad for software in general.