Stefan BohacekHappy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
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derptron@Rastal @stefan Instead of having sets of open standards for routing and communication we'd all be locked in to only what say AOL provides and nothing else.
That was the competing force that lost.
Open Source would have been murdered at infancy. Tech would be way behind but way more monopolistic and controlled. Think where we are headed, but back in the 90's.
Pretty sure the psychological abuse and experimentation would still be going on.