Would it be possible to avoid all this mess by imaging a different way to use the web?
An access method based on rss (of some sort), in the way "start pages" did it ages ago.
So instead of going to a website to get information, the information comes to my website where I make the rules (as I'm the provider and the sole user). And instead of only receiving plain text information, I can also interact and communicate with other people (the content provider and other consumers), if I choose to.
It took them 15 years to fuck up the Web, we can pull the rug underneath them and perhaps get 20 more.
An access method based on rss (of some sort), in the way "start pages" did it ages ago.
So instead of going to a website to get information, the information comes to my website where I make the rules (as I'm the provider and the sole user). And instead of only receiving plain text information, I can also interact and communicate with other people (the content provider and other consumers), if I choose to.
It took them 15 years to fuck up the Web, we can pull the rug underneath them and perhaps get 20 more.