coachkler t1_j8qi18i wrote on February 16, 2023 at 5:32 AM

Reply to comment by wart365 in House Republicans subpoena Apple, Facebook and Google over content moderation by bhodrolok

I'm going to miss the internet. I already miss the quirky one I grew up with in the early 90s. Eternal September is just getting longer and longer

wart365 t1_j8qrxd6 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 7:30 AM

Speaking for myself alone, I've come to beilive that the post-google internet will be a net good. Without a single monopoly controlling all web content (or at least web monetization and indexing) smaller sites can exist and create their own networks. Future generations of zoomers can then go through the ruins, and create the all-in-one freeware Internet Catalog that we all want Google to be. One that has selectable FOSS algorithims driving it. Then the Information Age can truly begin.

I'm thinking more about Twitter's death in this. Twitter has effectively controlled the media and mainstream journalism for the past decade. This has been extremely harmful for society culminating with Trump, and new non-Twitter alternatives offer better discussion. 15 years from now Twitter Archeologist will be a job.

nobody_smith723 t1_j8rn52l wrote on February 16, 2023 at 1:46 PM

i mean that already exists.

there are alternate browsers.

just like internet explorer dominated for awhile. google isn't the best, it's just the most prevalent.

and don't fucking kid yourself that congress is going to do anything. just like exactly nothing happened to microsoft when it legit uses it's monopoly to kill netscape/other browsers. exactly nothing will happen to google. except... maaaaybe a tiny fine.