I think feeling that loss, and expressing it, is valid.
> Todays web is much better and more accessible.
Whether or not it's better depends on what you found valuable about it. It is worse for some, and better for others. Disclaimer: it's much, much worse for me. But I acknowledge that it's better for others. Such is life.
> The internet will get more personal. And that’s good.
Whether that's good or not depends on what you mean by "get more personal". If what you mean is "more personalized", then I think that's the opposite of good.
But, again, that's just me and I'm mourning that the web is most of the way toward becoming a thing that no longer meets my needs or desires. That it meets the needs and desires of others is fine, and I don't want to deny others from being able to derive value from it. But, nonetheless, the loss to me, personally, is real and I don't see why I shouldn't be able to talk about that.
Today will feel early too in 100 years.
It’s less about a hegemony, and more about a shared experience.
There’s a lot of firsts still to be shared together.
Still, the first time trying cable/adsl, or wifi when there was none was a seminal moment that that group didn’t see coming or pick, but it is theirs.
It might not be what you meant but this comment comes across on its own as a bit of sour grapes.
Similar to how we’re all soaking in LLMs together.
When something like the web was underground, counter filter and mainstream it’s a different formation period. Tech wasn’t cool and certainly didn’t impress many. Still it was chosen. The promises to be around a keyboard were limited and it took going to great lengths for many. It’s really good it’s not as hard anymore.
Facebook was the first thing the broadest group of people did on a computer or the web. It really lived off mainstream technology adoption. That is Fb’s greatest contribution, but if we felt like where a platform is going, the next curve of connecting awaits for you to make something you and others want.
Stopping people from using a platform they don’t like might be harder than just building the next thing.
The internet will get more personal.