The Web Is Fucked

The web is fucked and there’s nothing we can do about it. Kev Quirk looks back fondly at Web 1.0.

The Web Is Fucked | A Manifesto for a Better Internet I have something to tell you, dear reader. The web is fucked. It’s a sad state of affairs that we’re in - gone are the days of Web 1.0 where the humble personal blog and the likes of GeoCities reigned supreme. Instead we’ve been left with Web 1.0’s rotten remains where centralisation, monopolies and tracking are the order of the day. It’s shit . The Internet has been monetised by social media, by big tech, by search engines. Fuck, it’s been monetised by pretty much everyone. The whole concept of netizens and a community around the web, from

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