soulifixJul 18, 2023

Besides speed, what would actually suck about surfing the internet back in the day compared to now?

https://lemmy.world/post/1732952

Besides speed, what would actually suck about surfing the internet back in the day compared to now? - Lemmy.world

My pick would be, dealing with the ‘wild west’ atmosphere. That being, before cyber bullying laws existed, you had bunches of people getting off scot-free with telling you to off yourself or call you a list of derogatory terms.

Show threadbreadsmasherJul 18, 2023
mistyping goggle instead of google would fill your pc with malware.
Show threadgleph
Ah yes, the good old days of “can you help me, my internet is slow” and you find half a page of Internet Explorer toolbars.
Jul 18, 2023 at 8:22pmWeb
Show threadfred-kowalskiJul 18, 2023
You had me at “Internet Explorer”
Show threadlivusJul 18, 2023
Or "help, I've been hacked!" And all it was is their browser homepage has been changed to something dodgy.