In hindsight, the internet gradually evolved back into walled gardens by some measure.
Sure it’s “open” compared to the old walled gardens of yore, but seeing as a small handful of large companies now make up the vast majority of non-ai internet traffic, we arguably went full circle.
The best and worst things about computing was bringing it to the masses.
The Internet was for anyone!
(Stares 1000 yards away)
…But it should never have been for everyone…
The idea that the AOL nobheads would just sit there inside their walled garden was hilarious.
In hindsight, the internet gradually evolved back into walled gardens by some measure.
Sure it’s “open” compared to the old walled gardens of yore, but seeing as a small handful of large companies now make up the vast majority of non-ai internet traffic, we arguably went full circle.