@techdirt.com not really the same at all. That djinn left the bottle and won't go back in, even with agentic si, because it carries with it taxes that most people don't understand or don't want to.

You know what was cool about the open web? The sense of accomplishment. The cognitive friction.

Ai removes that.

You can still go build your own website from scratch.

You just don't want to. 🙃