Authenticity. Everything somehow feels like it’s for sale and nothing elsw. Even open source software seems to get polluted. There’s nothing wrong with making a living - why are you trying to hide it, package it in some backwards way? There still are a few bastions left, but I’m not holding my breath.
Everything somehow feels like it’s for sale and nothing elsw.
YES! I miss the personal websites that people actually paid their hobby money for to host them. And which they cared for: hand-crafted HTML, barely any JavaScript, no cookies, etc.
Nowadays, a lot of websites are huge monsters full of useless information and fillers but with a lot of ads. Similar to how so many people post 10+ minute YouTube videos about how to switch a light bulb - but then put 10 ad breaks into it. Everything has to create an income. Awful!
Authenticity. Everything somehow feels like it’s for sale and nothing elsw. Even open source software seems to get polluted. There’s nothing wrong with making a living - why are you trying to hide it, package it in some backwards way? There still are a few bastions left, but I’m not holding my breath.
YES! I miss the personal websites that people actually paid their hobby money for to host them. And which they cared for: hand-crafted HTML, barely any JavaScript, no cookies, etc.
Nowadays, a lot of websites are huge monsters full of useless information and fillers but with a lot of ads. Similar to how so many people post 10+ minute YouTube videos about how to switch a light bulb - but then put 10 ad breaks into it. Everything has to create an income. Awful!
This was named enshittification, and it’s truly everywhere now.