Comment on The Internet is Dying. We Can Still Stop It
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 2 days agoThe internet, in its various forms, has died several times now, and it will die and be replaced with something else probably uncountable times in the future.
Eldritch@piefed.world 2 days ago
All true, but also all the more reason to acknowledge what we've lost. With an eye to the future to make sure that the enshitified centralized internet is one of them.
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
I don’t really see the inevitable passing of this internet as a sad thing, really. each time the internet has died, it has been replaced by something a little better. with how bad this one has gotten, with a whole laundry list of enshitification from constant tracking to intrusive and malicious advertisements, I think it’s far past time for the internet to die again and give us something fresh.
Eldritch@piefed.world 2 days ago
Honest question, I'm just trying to understand here. How long have you used the internet? That could definitely color a lot of different perceptions.
I suppose the best way to put it is that I've had the privilege of access to the Internet. In one form or another for a little over 32 years I think now. While access has improved, and nearly everyone carries a terminal in their pocket. My usage of the Internet is reverting back to more what it was 25 years ago. Just with much better access. Largely because it was better. The underlying internet hasn't changed that profoundly. Just control of or access to it.
There were media streaming services before the oligarchs. They just had access to bigger pipes. And people ceded control to them for access to those bigger pipes. But our connections have improved while media size has decreased in many ways. And so has our need of them. The only new/unique thing they brought us. Was a centralized personal privacy nightmare.
If you really want to stretch things, I suppose you could say that the popularity of their services has helped drive adoption and commoditization of access. But that is as far as someone like myself would be willing to give them.
_cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 2 days ago
as long as I’ve been old enough to be on it, I suppose. I couldn’t give you an exact date, but not as long as you’ve had access to it since I’m not much older than 32.