I think for me, the internet would have to be totally eclipsed by the enshittification process, for me to revise how I use it and what for. I’ve been online for 28 years now and I am beginning to slow down more and more as time goes on. I used to have been a community seeker, an explorer and a very curious person.
But as I have watched and learned where the internet was going and all of the struggles it has faced. While personally having dealt with my own fair share of troubles with it, I am sometimes under the impression about being more than ready to hang it up and stick to just the minimalist way possible when it comes to the internet.
And we’re talking, only watching YouTube/Netflix, coming on to Second Life to do whatever, only interacting with who I know and just making sure things are taken care of with online bills and such. Nothing more.
I am there already. I try to self host and my only subscription is a vpn. I of course have to lookup stuff from time to time but its so bad nowadays. The results are garbage or the algorithm feeds you far right nonsense because you accidentally clicked a video on the youtube homepage.
Then every second site wants you to do a captcha or make an account just to read an article… Get the fuck outta here with your account., instantly close the tab.
Then we have the abysmal data mining and constant breaches because these fucks dont want to pay for proper security but ok its because their pages says they use “military grade encryption” which is usually just TLS.
This is my only social media account. Specifically because it is non commercial.
/end bill burr rant