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not_your_vase
https://archive.ph/BGOxq

While AI for sure is not doing any favor for the embetterment of the internet, the net didn't start rotting a year or two ago, and didn't start rotting because of AI. It has started rotting when the internet was taken over by a small handful of big tech companies, defining what you can access, how you can access, when you can access.

spondylosaurus
So back when AOL came on the scene?
Am4TIfIsER0ppos
After AOL I understand there was a better time until 2007. (It is always 2007)
c_crank
Doesn't explain why the big handful of tech companies all decided to work overtime on restricting content starting in 2016 and not earlier.
logbiscuitswave
I clicked the link and the page was almost completely covered with this overlay:

> Thanks for reading The Times. Create your free account or log in to continue reading.

Without any further context, it was a funny juxtaposition.