[aes256]

Looks like the author is wearing rose-tinted glasses to me.

While much of the observations may be true, the web is still a far richer and more valuable resource than it was five or ten years ago.

[IheartApplesDix]

I don't find this to be true, but that's perhaps I'm not far richer than I was 5 or 10 years ago. Somewhere along the way, accessibility to truth was thrown under the bus for clickbait and walled gardens.

[marcioaguiar]

Accessibility to truth? Tell me more about how you used to access the truth in 1998.

[yread]

You can read all about it here: http://www.searchlores.org/indexo.htm

[4ad]

The SNR was way higher in 1998.

[IheartApplesDix]

Tell me more about how 1998 is your arbitrary yardstick.