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minus-squareerenkoylu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-28 hours agoInternet was fine in the early 2000s before the rise of social media platforms resulted in surveillance advertisement complex. It was a different place, but worked ok.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoSounds like you’re forgetting about the dot com bubble. The internet wasn’t fine abck then because nobody really had a sustainable business model.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoSurveillance advertisement was already around. Social Media platforms simply capitalized on it. And users sucked it up for “convenience”.
Internet was fine in the early 2000s before the rise of social media platforms resulted in surveillance advertisement complex.
It was a different place, but worked ok.
Sounds like you’re forgetting about the dot com bubble. The internet wasn’t fine abck then because nobody really had a sustainable business model.
Surveillance advertisement was already around.
Social Media platforms simply capitalized on it.
And users sucked it up for “convenience”.