Chris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) MA to Technology · edit-219 hours 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-up158file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up158external-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-219 hours agomessage-square43linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareBob Robertson IX ( Bob_Robertson_IX@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 hours agoThat was my first thought too… “The internet has been ruined by capitalists!” says the capitalist website.
minus-squarewyldrstallyns ( wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours 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-squaret3rmit3 ( t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours 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.
That was my first thought too… “The internet has been ruined by capitalists!” says the capitalist website.
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. 😁
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.