Steve Jobs said this back in 1996: For me, the most exciting thing in the software area is the Internet, and part of the reason for that is that no one owns it! It's a free-for-all, much more like the early days of the personal computer. The rate of innovation is really high.

The free and open internet is long gone — only nostr’s still hanging on by a thread.

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The internet struggles, but there's hope, even beyond nostr, if you try to look for it.

Exactly right

...and build it.

Nostr still lets small weird projects talk direct, no algo landlord in between - exactly why I park nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qqstkf79hpnykta7v3223e5cjcxpd0l7365cgfjqypww5qqmcsw8faqx6ravj here. What part of that “free-for-all” feels alive to you?