nostr:npub1wmxn3vqkzhd2a47gkt6hdjwp49cxzl3m0l67pzkrn9kllhrkhfhqfxv89s the inertia behind the status quo is likely to keep itself moving in the direction it already is.

My grand master plan to fix the internet when I am installed as benevolent dictator for life has long been to require a competency exam to purchase internet service from an ISP. The goal is to strangle the growth of the population who says "who cares they can have my data" relative to that of power-users (hopefully by discouraging them outright).

no enormous base of users -> no data at scale

no data at scale -> no VC capital

no VC capital and we might get back to a pre-dotcom internet.

Oh and probably ban smartphones. No casual internet access.

The Internet is another stone in the pile of "Democratizing anything always makes it shittier."

None of these are practical solutions but I think they identify the problem: huge masses of passive, or casual users.