Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · edit-22 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-up163file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up163external-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 ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · edit-22 days agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareluciole (they/them) ( luciole@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agoWhat yall commenting about? The article’s paywalled 😑
minus-squareBob Robertson IX ( Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoThat was my first thought too… “The internet has been ruined by capitalists!” says the capitalist website.
minus-squaret3rmit3 ( t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day 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 ( wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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. 😁
minus-squareBeej Jorgensen ( beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agohttps://archive.ph/sNbrl
minus-squareKissaki ( Kissaki@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThe new internet they envision. Walled.
What yall commenting about? The article’s paywalled 😑
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. 😁
https://archive.ph/sNbrl
The new internet they envision. Walled.