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How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it? (tim.kicker.dev)

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Wanted to ask you about this article, how do you remember the early days of the internet (I was sadly too young at that time). Do you wish it back? And do you think it can ever be like that again? I would be very interested

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[–] typographica@typo.social 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@bstix It’s that writing doesn’t earn money like YT does. :(

[–] opentype@typo.social 1 points 2 years ago

@typographica @bstix Especially since the reader will probably come with ad-blockers enabled to make sure the author cannot make a single cent.

[–] StewartLynch@iosdev.space 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@typographica @bstix One does not earn much money from YouTube videos at all. Those of us that do YouTube videos don’t do it for the money. We do it because there are a lot of people who prefer videos over written. This is not right or wrong. People learn in different ways. There is lots of great written content in the Swift world. It is just not as easy to search for as a YouTube video is, but I have no problem finding what I want if I am looking for written content..