Atlas may not be the solution but I love the idea of an LLM that sits between me and the dreck that is today’s web.
The web was supposed to set us free and you cry out for chains?
It's in your hands. It's literally in the hands of this entire forum. There is nobody else to blame.
I also believe noticing Baader-meinhof in the 90s is rather unsurprising, since RAF was just "a few years" ago. However, "dreck" as someone else noted is documented since the early 20th century. So I dont think me noticing this just recently isn't a bias, rather a true coincidence.
I think we should note that this is a situation created by the businesses more than the consumers. By offering "free" products they drove paid products out of the market. They didn't have to do that. But if I'm going to be as fair as possible, it's only regulation that could have stopped such a niche feom being exploited. One business or another would have eventually figured it out.
I guess you did say "the idea of" not "the reality of".