[doublerabbit]

The golden internet age was innovation and community. You wanted your own X? Code it yourself. You looking for a certain subject? You may find a forum.

Web2 has been polluted by frameworks, modules, libraries and that the generic website now looks like the next. It hasn't gotten any easier its gotten harder. Where do you actually start if you want to create a new website or "app"?

My mother knows html, she has her own website. When it comes down to wanting a gallery to display her portfolio the easiest answer is to say "install wordpress". Which isn't easy in any shape or form.

And then if you wish to be part of Googles Search Engine you have to pay sponsorship.

The golden age was the innovation, the new, creativity, surprisingly freedom. Folk putting work in to developing a new platform. Sadly we are now surrounded by walled gardens and one of the caveats are that if you want it on display, you have to pay.