Yeah, each year we inch closer to an internet where the only things to do revolve around buying things; watch “content” which mostly revolves around creators shilling products, research products, or buy products. Every hobby has to be monetized now, everything has to be a side hustle, every impression monetized. Few seem to bother anymore with personal blogs that exist for their own enjoyment and sharing of knowledge, and yet with all this paid creation, full-time artists struggle more than ever, largely unable to afford living costs in the very cities they helped to build the culture and value of.

I find it personally difficult to look at the entirety of the internet in 2024 and say that it’s definitely better for society than it was in 2004. I guess now at least we can mostly book appointments on our phones without having to speak with someone in real-time as they read dates and times off of a calendar interface that we can now just use ourselves directly.