As what was said below, it was kind of a golden age. It was usable by normal people but still pretty novel to most. And it was a while before corporations ruined it. I lived through it so I can confirm it was better in most ways, besides speeds. I should say, 05 would be a better choice.
What the shit??? Well that sucks.
At least you can disable
Maybe I should just do it because it did make the web enjoyable again. Like you said, I loved Google 15 years ago! Sad its so shit now
I’ve been liking kagi. Sucks you have to pay.
12ft.io would like a word. Makes the internet usable again.
I’ve been wondering how we can build a new underground net that is just the internet of 2002, but with more bandwidth. Somewhere normies can’t access easily and with a bad ui so they don’t want to.
Some “i am very intelligent” types think they are a waste of resources since the internet exists, and everyone can just pay a monthly fee to access all the data they need.
Yet the trillions wasted on defense structure and the prison system is totally fine yep yep no problem. Its the evil libraries.
If they can still block you, how does anyone torrent?
There’s always local bands playing at places all over so if you like bars try that. Usually the bands suck. But its fun anyway.
Its not the smartphone. Its corporations and social media. The tech has the ability to make people insanely smart. Capitalism and the far right wont allow that.
When I was a kid I loved tech, had a bunch of computers, read tech books, tried to take apart and break or fix stuff. Install tons of ridiculous software to see what it did. Now I don’t think kids have true tech interest. They are handed a phone and they let the zucc tell them what to do/buy/date/say. Gross. Poor young people today.
Im not even old. But I guess get off my lawn or whatever, Kewl.
I used to be, I kind of do want to get back into it. I worry more about malware and viruses now though.
Sadly an s23 but im saving this link, thanks!
I heard good things about mullvad. I will get a paid version when I have more need for it. I had thought free versions didn’t exist previously . But I don’t trust it fully
I have a Samsung sadly
I hate that my phone is held hostage. My computer is free thanks to linux, it just sucks theres few linux phones that work in the US.
The second that valve goes public and gets horribly enshittified , it will grow exponentially.
This is actually not true at all for me. My music tastes completely evolved and still are evolving. Sure, if I listen to some 08 pendulum I feel some nostalgia, but I also feel nostalgia for 2112 in the same way. I think music is a comfort food for a lot of people so they never stray from what they know, which is fine. But there’s so much out there to find.
You’re totally right