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> We should have gotten micropayments to work in browsers instead. Sadly that would have only accelerated the enshittification. Commercial interests are what t
by kibwen 2y ago
> We should have gotten micropayments to work in browsers instead.
Sadly that would have only accelerated the enshittification. Commercial interests are what turned the web into slop. Remember when Usenet was originally rendered useless after succumbing to spam? That's the web as of 2024, and why we can't have nice things.
- lysace 2y agoPerhaps you're right, perhaps not. It feels like the mostly non-commercial web is like a fever dream now. I miss it. > Remember when Usenet was originally rendered useless after succumbing to spam? Yes, but then we repurposed it as a medium for distributing buffy the vampire slayer eps from some guy with a big sat dish who intercepted internal transmissions to local tv stations, so what we could see the next ep half a day in advance.