But they still contribute to google's monopoly over web standards.

Came to say the same. My low-end laptop is only able to browse the internet thanks to adblock.

Do you know if ecosia is still using google under the hoods?

What's preventing GPT-based bots to earn karma by writing real-looking comments?

The future of the internet really seems like a dark one...

Interesting, it was a variation of embrace, extend, extinguish, without the extend part.

In a way, I think it happened to the entire internet. Look at browsers today, web development (that one might be controversial, but I think big techs somewhat forced bloated frameworks to be the standard way to create websites), video streaming, etc.

I second this. The subs I'm subscribed to are losing a lot of quality, and human interaction is degrading. Doesn't feel like a comfortable place anymore.

When was the last reddit exodus? where did people move to?

But what if the software has both options, to save and to download?

Not exactly. It can be confusing at first, but then you see that it's a standard in most apps, and you're fine. The most curious ones will look for more info and find the historical roots.

In other words, the floppy disk has meaning, just like most proverbs that come from ancient roots, but are still used and understood everywhere.

The unix/linux root directories are also good examples, perhaps dating even earlier.

As someone from a developing country, I still prefer most of my software from standard packages, in order to take less space.

And before someone comes to tell about how cheap storage is nowadays, it can be cheap for you, but it isn't for me and for a lot of other people.

If we create a post with the title "the frontpage of the internet" and upvoted all we can, would it appear on google results when people search for it? Used to work for reddit (or is just a meme and doesn't work at all, I don't know).

It's all about balance. A few sign posts help people not to get lost, but too much sign posts would make people become disoriented.

I don't remember darth vader lying about data