Awww yiss, walking around hittin’ degauss like a baws.
Old Internet was better. Way more raw and pure. No algorithms and ads littered everywhere trying to get people addicted to platforms and consume. I would much prefer the left side.
I feel that the decentralized networks of the fediverse kinda bring a similar feeling back. To me at least, this feels like more of a wild west where everyone is brewing their own soup and people wander around tasting from every pot.
Do you remember the old internet pop up ads that would play sound and music at 100% volume? And there was no way to mute a tab back in the day (tab browsing was in its infancy), so you’d have to rush to turn down the volume or find that popup and kill it.
Yeah I don’t want those to come back lol.
There were definitely still ways to block pop-ups, and if you were really worried you just left your speakers at 0% volume 100% of the time.
LOL but akshully, I am glad.
I feel like I have better context and foundation understanding of technology and software because I grew up while all of it was rapidly changing. Now everything is stagnant, and technology and software are updating to keep draining the capatism tit of tech and not investing in or even allowing actual innovation anymore. Which was welcome before.
Fuck I miss the old internet. Nothing compares
And also, we didn’t spend nearly as much time on old computers than you can now on your phone. Even with a lot of games it would be hard to stay entertained. Now you have thousands of infinite content feeds.
Cathode rays are better for brain development.
Kids today go outside and still be online instead of being restricted to the basement when chatting to their friends. And they watch series on demand instead of canceling appointments to watch pokemon. They really don’t know what fun is anymore
I bet they’ve never even bolted across the house and vaulted over the couch because the commercial break ended
