Internet's Roots in Passion Over Profit
Users recall making YouTube videos for fun before ads and corporations arrived.
@AbakpaJob wrote that the entire internet was compiled almost for free by nerds and randos. It did not start to suck until corporations turned it into a dystopian hellscape of ads and misinformation. @TheScreenTeam replied that the generation before ads made YouTube videos out of sheer will to entertain. They created goofy songs about video games and super heroes. @KaLeeVision asked if people could build the internet back up from scratch. @yatharthmann defended ads as the reason the internet runs and prevents paywalls.
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Internet's Roots in Passion Over Profit
Users recall making YouTube videos for fun before ads and corporations arrived.
@AbakpaJob wrote that the entire internet was compiled almost for free by nerds and randos. It did not start to suck until corporations turned it into a dystopian hellscape of ads and misinformation. @TheScreenTeam replied that the generation before ads made YouTube videos out of sheer will to entertain. They created goofy songs about video games and super heroes. @KaLeeVision asked if people could build the internet back up from scratch. @yatharthmann defended ads as the reason the internet runs and prevents paywalls.