That's generally true. I remember that back then technological advancement was seen as a force for good and freedom. It was difficult to argue against this idea

That's generally true. I remember that back then technological advancement was seen as a force for good and freedom. It was difficult to argue against this idea, in the context of the time, even if there were dissonant voices and even when you looked at things critically, you could see cracks on the surface. People wanting to go back to a simpler, smaller internet -to this mythical prelapsarian era - are in my opinion just nostalgic about how things felt back then. But there is no going back, tragically.