[tptacek]

I think a lot of people who say stuff like this are really saying that they prefer being in their teens and early 20s. Understandable!

[RetroTechie]

No it's the modern web itself. Signal:noise ratio has become poor (as the article notes). Much more crap to wade through before finding a gem somewhere.

That's ignoring software bloat, super-heavy web frameworks, social media's addictive algorithms, user tracking & what have you.