Comment on Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’
artifex@piefed.social 19 hours agoWell at least there’s the fediverse, onion routing, nostr ID management, simplex and others. It’s not quite a Plan B, and definitely takes some effort, but is much much better than nothing.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
I tried TOR earlier this year, and the 3 minute pageloads that timeout 3/4 of the time, were very off putting. I hope we can do better
artifex@piefed.social 18 hours ago
Sounds like the Internet in the 90s.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
Nah, I had a 14400 bauds modem and even then it was never this slow
I went to the dread forum and maybe got 4 page loads in 15 minutes
simply unusable unless you really really need it and already know exactly what you need, where it is, and how to click as few links as possible to get there. And even then, reading single threads is an hours long task.