Re:I wish I didn't miss the '90s-00s internet
by muwtyhg on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @01:29AM
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> We had banners and bullshit galore.
The problem now is not the visible aspect of advertising on the internet. It's the obsessive tracking and categorization of people to make advertising more effective that I'm upset with. There was no such apparatus in the 90s/00s. Most legitimate websites wouldn't be plastered with banner spam, but all legitimate websites now will attempt to track you.
Re:I wish I didn't miss the '90s-00s internet
by paulpauper on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @01:45AM
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banners are way preferrable to the annoying video ads or ads that pretend to appear as content.
The monetary model has changed for sure but that was inevitable.
The 90s internet was slow. Stuff like IRC and email are a product of their time. Stuff was designed to work on 28 or 56k modems. The lucky few had ISDN.
I don't miss the old internet that much. I miss some of the apps and the stripped down low bandwidth UX of stuff.
What I really miss is th era of native desktop applications that had a consistent look and feel.