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This is what it is like to read articles now so actually, @fastcompany.bsky.social , the internet in 1994 was better

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Audry T. ~ she/her @audryt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 21:32 UTC

Just read an article about how Gen Z is growing to hate their ad-riddle online life and trying to find ways to get away from it because spam and endless unwanted distractions and bad AI searches that make it harder to find the results they want are ruining their main form of communication.

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El Gato Astronomico @astrocat.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 22:48 UTC

I remember when ad blockers really came into power and web designers really cut back on how intrusive the ads were, now we're almost back to the worst of like 1999

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Waltereggers @5ch4u3rf31d.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 21:47 UTC

I, for one, love an ugly internet that doesnt gobble entire national budgets in energy on a weekly basis, but that's prolly just me

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Death_by_Democracy 🇵🇸 🇾🇪 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 🍉 @deathbydemocracy.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 21:24 UTC

What you really need to understand about the World Wide Web in 1994, is that it didn't spy on you. Most websites you visit today will be sending information about where you came from, what you are looking at, and what you were looking at earlier, to any number of other entities without telling you.

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