There's a line that keeps coming up in so many conversations I'm in these days: It feels like 2004 on the internet again. And that's a good thing, because it means all of today's incumbents won't make it to the next era of the internet. www.anildash.com/2024/10/15/i...
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Ironically and sadly, your link at the bottom of this post - "the renaissance of the open, human internet is in full swing" - leads to a 404 page 😭
My main reservation about your article is that it made me realise that 2004 was, indeed, 20 years ago.
Typo at the start of the fourth paragraph, FYI.
I started work in tech back then (well, “tech”, but back then it was “Junior IT Technician” and I was on the office washing-up rota). I hope you’re right - feels like possibilities are opening up.
I really hope you're right, but one of the big differences I see this time around the cycle is that the big players know a lot more about lobbying and regulatory capture than they did in 2004.
Do you have another link? It's still broken
Oh yeah, and what about the incumbent in the picture that's still peddling their shit to every company? It sadly didn't go bankrupt in 2004. #MicrosoftStillSucks
Does this link intentionally lead to a 404? Because that feels apt...
Who knew that decentralization just meant everyone hating twitter and facebook I will say though that TikTok remains immensely popular
Still a 404...Uh.