I’ve had this same thought. I blame the smartphone for removing the last barrier to entry for most people. It became easily accessible and from pretty much anywhere. Kind of like an Eternal September but from a global perspective.
At least for now, we can avoid most of the crap by not using social media, always using ad blockers, and by using search engines that are not shit.
But work is ongoing to remove ability to protect ourselves from tracking and blocking ads. Because even ordinary users who know nothing are waking up to ads in the start menu on windows soon.
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I’ve had this same thought. I blame the smartphone for removing the last barrier to entry for most people. It became easily accessible and from pretty much anywhere. Kind of like an Eternal September but from a global perspective.
At least for now, we can avoid most of the crap by not using social media, always using ad blockers, and by using search engines that are not shit.
But work is ongoing to remove ability to protect ourselves from tracking and blocking ads. Because even ordinary users who know nothing are waking up to ads in the start menu on windows soon.