> They feel that web technology does too much, and that since it makes various forms of abuse too easy, no lasting reform is possible.
If Google adjusted their ranking algorithms to severely penalise bloated sites, web bloat would surely improve.
Normally, linking a paywalled article would undermine the value of the link. In this case it seems like a perfect illustration of what makes Gemini- or in general, non-profit-oriented areas of the internet- appealing.
Ha, interesting point. I submitted it in part because I suspect that many HN readers already have a subscription. And it becomes free after a while (when the following issue comes out?), as well.
The sheer lack of ads on Gemini when reading anything is really nice
Since day1 HTML was abused to track slaves from the master servers.