- paywalls & 'login to see more'
- autoplaying videos that follow you whn you're just trying to read an article
- cookie banners
- artificial loading throbbers
- horrible intrusive tracking
- an advertising corporation also has the near-monopoly on browsing
- we have more bandwidth but apparently need 5Mb of javascript just to render text
- mobile first design, meaning much lower information density
- walled gardens like discord, facesbook, twitter, reddit storing content in inaccessible, unarchivable form
There were problems then but there were fewer headaches and fewer exhausting battles just to stay sane.
- unchecked astoturfing and referral-laundering "reviews"
- everyone being on walled gardens that restrict what can be hosted (both content and format)
- paywalls & 'login to see more'
- autoplaying videos that follow you whn you're just trying to read an article
- cookie banners
- artificial loading throbbers
- horrible intrusive tracking
- an advertising corporation also has the near-monopoly on browsing
- we have more bandwidth but apparently need 5Mb of javascript just to render text
- mobile first design, meaning much lower information density
- walled gardens like discord, facesbook, twitter, reddit storing content in inaccessible, unarchivable form
There were problems then but there were fewer headaches and fewer exhausting battles just to stay sane.