@cory whoaaa this is amazing they nailed it, I hate it hahaha
@jake4480 it’s basically the whole internet now and I hate it hahaha
@cory I mean, not a single part of this site is even slightly an exaggeration. And that's pretty messed up haha
@jake4480 haha yeah, it's all totally accurate and yet it feels like it's just going to get worse.
@cory I can't imagine it, but yes. Tech will find a way 😂

@jake4480 @cory I like to think a tipping point is coming.

The original, clean, simple, performant Google came about because of the bloat and ads and faff that was involved in using altavista, Lycos, yahoo etc... Something will upend it.

@sarajw @cory one thing I think will upend it is just, people not going to mainstream sites as much. Eventually. It'll all revert back to things like this, interconnected communities this or that way, and stuff people put into archive.is to save and kill the ads. Firefox already kills so much, the pages take SO long to load because of it though, I've noticed.

@jake4480 @sarajw @cory The weird thing is that people are willing to put up with a *lot* of abuse if it means getting content they want. I think the real tipping point comes when Stop the Madness-type blockers start becoming OS-level features that are on by default.

Like—my parents don't know how to install adblocking plugins, but they absolutely appreciate having them.

When sites that rely on this trash have to either find ethical sources of income or fail, that's when we'll see change.

@csilverman @jake4480 @sarajw it's awful and I wonder how much of it is simply not knowing adblockers and such are an option. My parents have them installed and I've got nextDNS running on their home network but, to your point, it’ll have the greatest impact if and when it becomes a default.