Do online multiplayer video games count as a commercial use? I kind of like those
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fasterthancat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago[With hindsight] The commercial use of the internet should never have been allowed.
ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
I want the internet to be a network of digital libraries…communication and sharing space…personal pages…services…the commercial motive starts from there and eventually consumes the rest :/
fasterthancat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I reckon without the rule changes in 1993-94 allowing commercial use that the internet would have turned into a significantly more useful utility with higher quality innovation than the advert laden train wreck that we have now.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
Ok, apparently it wasn’t as gradual as I thought, there was a determining moment in 93-94 with Netscape and HTTPS that made secure transactions possible for e-commerce.
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
For this to happen, everyone using the internet should know HTML or there has to be a easy to use, MS Word-like web designer. And there should also be easy to use, free web hosting providers (neocities exists).
Owning a website as a non-techie should be normalized and be portrayed as “cool”
Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 weeks ago
Hey, neocities is pretty good, I think I’ll try to use chatgpt to get some boilerplate site running and then keep adding to it :)