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Re:What Does a Post-Google Internet Look Like? by blacksmith_tb on Monday June 30, 2025 @10:50PM (#44430124)
> "The internet is going to return to more of its original roots, which are niche fan websites you largely find through social media or word of mouth"

Ok, that sounds possible, and not so bad...

> "Very few of them are going to survive... it costs a lot of money to pay people to write high quality content"

That may also be true, but doesn't really jibe with the image of the early 'net?

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Re:What Does a Post-Google Internet Look Like? by weregiraffe on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @12:57AM (#44430715)
Early net was tiny.
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Re:What Does a Post-Google Internet Look Like? by hdjdbdirbrbtv on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @01:55AM (#44431000)
But also unfathomably large because of the speed at which you could consume it was measured in kbps....
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Re:What Does a Post-Google Internet Look Like? by krageon on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @06:07AM (#44441884)
It may have been tiny, but it was more useful than what we have today
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