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We broke the web so badly for humans that we had to build a clean web for machines, and now humans will have to use machines to experience a clean web again.
by ahriad 4mo ago
We broke the web so badly for humans that we had to build a clean web for machines, and now humans will have to use machines to experience a clean web again.
- dmos62 4mo agoI wonder why we broke the web.
- ahriad 4mo agoFor money! Ads make money.
- noufalibrahim 4mo agoTo improve the user experience.
- functionmouse 4mo agoIn order to break the user, of course.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4mo agoFor the same reasons why we eventully pollute and corrupt every system and environment we use. If there is any benefit that can be extracted for some while the costs are borne by many, than this will occur and generate a positive feedback loop that grows over time. It's the law of monetization.
- qsera 4mo ago>than this will occur and generate a positive feedback loop that grows over time. And despite this, modern life is made possible by the illusion that "regulations" work..
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4mo agoRegulations can and do work, but its never a 'one and done' kind of solution because people find workarounds and loopholes. It requires a unceasing effort to maintain the balance.
- qsera 4mo agoThat is what I meant when I said it does not work.
- throwaway613746 4mo ago[dead]
- dmos62 4mo agoIt seems there's little agreement over how the web is broken.
- temp8830 4mo agoPeople who love cookie banners either don't exist, or are alien invaders :)
- jt2190 4mo agoBecause while consumers value “inefficiency” (high design, wonderful prose, beautiful images, great usability) they don’t want to actually pay for it. Producers have to become extremely efficient without revenue, and are stuck with a choice: Produce at a loss, stop producing, or seek payment from another source (sponsorships, ads).
- takenotice 4mo agoCapitalism
- sunir 4mo agoWe'll finally bring back Gopher.
- daniel-alexande 4mo agoAlways loved Gopher
- gopher_space 4mo agoA man can dream.
- soco 4mo agoIt's a matter of time until the web for machines will be crawling with ads and everything else, and worse.
- tacostakohashi 4mo agoYeah, when browsers have a "reader mode", it's pretty obvious the plot has been lost somewhere.