Zement

I feel like it’s 2000 all over again on the Internet. The bloat has made pages borderline unusable, and using AdBlock or NoScript reverts any so-called “design progress” back to the good old HTML days.

Google is only semi-useful now, while pages like DuckDuckGo are starting to deliver results reminiscent of the old Yahoo or Lycos days.

It feels like my trusty, old-school Internet skills are helping me navigate this mess. The reemergence of usenet / groups feels inevitable.

I like it simple. I use Jerbora on Android and can’t be happier. I use duckduckgo browser and it’s YouTube mode, so I have no ads, cookies, trackers or popups. It’s actually close to perfect.

Compared to e.g. Discord, I feel like wasting most screen real estate for static eye candy info,… no thanks.