[leptons]

That already happened like 25+ years ago, at least for those who knew the internet before there were ads everywhere.

[bluefirebrand]

I wanna say not quite 25+

20-ish for sure. Facebook was really the big turning point imo

But maybe that's just splitting hairs

[leptons]

The dot-com bubble burst of 2000 was 25 years ago, and that did ruin the whole internet for years, and it was caused by the stupidity of VC investment - more or less the same as the AI bubble is now. I have no doubt that the AI bubble will crash too, it's currently being propped up by the same magical thinking.

[bluefirebrand]

Fair enough. I was like 12. the dot-com bubble didn't affect me at all. I was busy playing videogames online and mucking around in warez irc channels