end of an era, or several of them

[tielan]

And so we reach the end of the effective internet.

UGH.

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[timespirt]

?

[tielan]

*gestures at everything*

But specifically age verification and AI and how bad the bad actors are for us all...

[timespirt]

I'm with you on that.

Hmm ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Noticing that Google disabled its search commands, or something else?

Re: Hmm ...

[tielan]

I didn't, actually... Mostly the age verification thing. And how fast we went from a fairly functional compilation of human knowledge to a complete shitwreck.

Re: Hmm ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I didn't, actually... Mostly the age verification thing. <<

Ah, yeah. I don't go around telling people my age. It would suck to lose YouTube, but it's not the only website that I've had to drop.

>>And how fast we went from a fairly functional compilation of human knowledge to a complete shitwreck.<<

It's like people just delight in ruining things nowadays. They don't take pride in creating things that are beautiful, functional, durable.

[kore]

NOW what happened?? Or is this the age verification bullshit?

[tielan]

Age verification bullshit. And AI. And, well, *gestures*