Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · edit-25 days agoPlease Let the Internet Die | Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.www.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up164file-text
arrow-up164external-linkPlease Let the Internet Die | Online spaces are captured by oligarchs and saturated with slop—and they’re exacerbating humanity’s worst impulses. It’s time to start over.www.wired.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · edit-25 days agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBob Robertson IX @discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 days agoThat was my first thought too… “The internet has been ruined by capitalists!” says the capitalist website.
minus-squaret3rmit3@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 days agoEven anti-capitalists have to survive in our capitalist hellscape, and if you can get paid to spread the message that capitalism is bad, all the better.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoTo be fair, the ol’ archive/wayback solution is lore by this point. Beyond that, paywall bypassers are available on most devices now. Be the change. 😁
That was my first thought too… “The internet has been ruined by capitalists!” says the capitalist website.
Even anti-capitalists have to survive in our capitalist hellscape, and if you can get paid to spread the message that capitalism is bad, all the better.
To be fair, the ol’ archive/wayback solution is lore by this point. Beyond that, paywall bypassers are available on most devices now. Be the change. 😁