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is Privacy the only reason you degoogle? (lemmy.ml)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not really. I was a kid in the 90s, and I was lucky enough to catch a few glimpses of a different Internet. The DIY web, home to nerds and tinkerers, and God knows I miss it. Nowadays it feels like it's just a big store window. Advertising already turned it into, pardon my french, a steamin' pile of shit, and it's getting worse. Google of course isn't the only responsible, but it has a huge role. And yes, I know I'm just being naive and basically just a grumpy (about to get) old man rambling about the good ol' times.