Many companies and platforms are becoming more restrictive and hostile towards developers, limiting what can be built on their sites. This reduces creativity and usefulness of the internet.
Major platforms are deleting old content and inactive accounts in mass, resulting in a loss of internet history and institutional memory.
Search engines are becoming less useful and filled with ads, clickbait content, and generic results that don’t answer users’ questions.
Search engine optimization practices have homogenized the internet and sterilized content, focusing more on Google’s algorithm than the end user.
Generative AI responses in search have so far been plagued with issues and have not delivered the promised quality of results.
Google’s manifest V3 changes will undermine the effectiveness of ad blockers and privacy extensions, benefiting Google’s own business model.
The internet is moving towards a future where useful information is hidden behind paywalls and walled gardens, while public spaces are filled with AI-generated content.
Optimism for technological progress and the future of the internet is declining.
Corporations are putting the burden of their growth onto users, resulting in a worse experience.
Transparency, advocacy, and supporting independent creators can help ensure an open and user-friendly internet.
Many companies and platforms are becoming more restrictive and hostile towards developers, limiting what can be built on their sites. This reduces creativity and usefulness of the internet.
Major platforms are deleting old content and inactive accounts in mass, resulting in a loss of internet history and institutional memory.
Search engines are becoming less useful and filled with ads, clickbait content, and generic results that don’t answer users’ questions.
Search engine optimization practices have homogenized the internet and sterilized content, focusing more on Google’s algorithm than the end user.
Generative AI responses in search have so far been plagued with issues and have not delivered the promised quality of results.
Google’s manifest V3 changes will undermine the effectiveness of ad blockers and privacy extensions, benefiting Google’s own business model.
The internet is moving towards a future where useful information is hidden behind paywalls and walled gardens, while public spaces are filled with AI-generated content.
Optimism for technological progress and the future of the internet is declining.
Corporations are putting the burden of their growth onto users, resulting in a worse experience.
Transparency, advocacy, and supporting independent creators can help ensure an open and user-friendly internet.
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