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The wild Internet is definitely still there. The problem is that it got too hostile for most users due to spam, viruses, malware, phishing, trolls, doxing, and so on. It will get worse, as attackers adopt machine learning techniques and automate social engineering at scale. So users have a problem. Companies that solved it the right way became enormous, because protection from all that crap is something people want,…
> The wild Internet is definitely still there. It was there before Eternal September. And yes, it's still there, and far richer than it's ever been. > The problem is that it got too hostile for most users due to spam, viruses, malware, phishing, trolls, doxing, and so on. It's arguably those mainstream users who are problematic. In large part, they're the trolls. And the ones who are trolled, of course. And they're t…
That sounds a bit ignorant. Those mainstream users are the vast majority, they make a lot of internet business models worthwhile and made the internet the success that it is. Of course they also attract sharks as you rightfully say, but we should try to improve their experiences instead of denying them any sense or intelligence and putting them in walled gardens.