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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by webmobdev on Thursday December 24, 2020 @01:45PM (#25530161)
I don't know, I have mixed feelings on this - with all the captcha, cloudflare gatekeeping, amp link, Facebook "free basic" and so much tracking and ads, the internet seems to be on a downhill slope so much ...
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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by johannes1234321 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:09PM (#25530970)
In addition:

- sites don't make use of link options (news sites not linking sources etc.)

- more walled gardens

- apps replacing websites

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Re:Ask HN: What Lived Up to the Hype? by scabarott on Thursday December 24, 2020 @05:36PM (#25532150)
I think that's separate from whether it has lived up to the hype or not. It's pretty much changed everything, whether you think that's good or bad or imperfect.
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