[rootusrootus]

I may be missing some big downside, but my current thought on this is that I'd like to see the return of true walled gardens. Modern versions of Prodigy or Compuserve, something like that.

I would seriously consider paying to be part of a nice walled garden, somewhere that had tight controls over advertising, spam, anonymous trolls, etc. I obviously can't have anything like the Internet I grew up with (in the late 80s, early 90s), that ship has sailed, but I would pay actual money if someone could offer me an online experience that absolutely did not have scams, spam, incessant advertising, etc.

The biggest headache is probably the difficulty in maintaining communication with people who choose other gardens to join. Though perhaps that's more a problem if you want to communicate with people who want to stay outside the gardens and use only the 'free' Internet.