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> I think we need more simple websites again, but I am not sure about the incentive structure.

Then go make one. It’s easier now than ever. The social media mistake was trying to make one site everything to everyone but the web is still there.



This.

I miss the old web, the old browser based games. So I'm digging out my old code from shareware I made 15 years ago and turning some of them into free games.

Likewise my blog, converted it from Wordpress into plain HTML. I have more control, at the "expense" of not having a visitor counter system that might go up to 100 if I post a link here but otherwise only goes up to 1-4 views.

This means no need for ads, which is a better user experience directly.

It also means no built-in tracking cookies that I can't remove, and by extension no need for a popup that parrots "we value your privacy" like it's a magic phrase to keep demons at bay even though they "value" the privacy in the same way that a pirate values the cargo of the ship they're taking from at cannon-point.




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