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Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by Santosh83 on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:27PM (#15611858)
Not really. It was doomed the moment it stopped being a place for mere exchange of information and messages and turned into a marketplace. It is the profit motive that has given rise, directly or indirectly, to every good and bad thing about the modern web. Unfortunately profit motive is completely amoral. And it isn't going away. So what we need are more restrictions and regulations. And a paradigm shift back to doing more things more enjoyably in meat-space.
Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by castis on Thursday November 02, 2017 @01:29PM (#15612380)
Although I agree with your sentiment, having the government step in on behalf of the internet with more regulations seems like a step backwards.
Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by cgmg on Thursday November 02, 2017 @01:54PM (#15612605)
> So what we need are more restrictions and regulations.

Like what?

Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by jjawssd on Thursday November 02, 2017 @12:57PM (#15612120)
> So what we need are more restrictions and regulations.

Fully disagree. You cannot legislate this problem away.

Re:Against an Increasingly User-Hostile Web by YouAreGreat on Thursday November 02, 2017 @01:32PM (#15612400)
Advertising tax, privacy law, monopoly breakups.