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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 5mo 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 5mo agoI wonder why we broke the web.
- ahriad 5mo agoFor money! Ads make money.
- noufalibrahim 5mo agoTo improve the user experience.
- functionmouse 5mo agoIn order to break the user, of course.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 5mo 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 5mo 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 5mo 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 5mo agoThat is what I meant when I said it does not work.
- throwaway613746 5mo ago[dead]
- dmos62 5mo agoIt seems there's little agreement over how the web is broken.
- temp8830 5mo agoPeople who love cookie banners either don't exist, or are alien invaders :)
- jt2190 5mo 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 5mo agoCapitalism
- sunir 5mo agoWe'll finally bring back Gopher.
- daniel-alexande 5mo agoAlways loved Gopher
- gopher_space 5mo agoA man can dream.
- soco 5mo agoIt's a matter of time until the web for machines will be crawling with ads and everything else, and worse.
- tacostakohashi 5mo agoYeah, when browsers have a "reader mode", it's pretty obvious the plot has been lost somewhere.