The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017)
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The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017)
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Re: The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017)
#2Discussed at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15584456
Re: The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017)
#3FTA: "GOOG and FB ceased competing directly, focusing on what they do best instead."
“People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices” - Adam Smith
Some things never change.
Re: The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017)
#4Actually, the web began dying in the late 90s.
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#5So what's changed in the two years since?
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#6Actually, the web began dying in the late 90s.
Yes right after Mosaic 1.0 was released. RIP
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#7>Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are probably soon going to dictate what traffic can or cannot arrive at people’s end devices.
This was the money quote for me. FANG may kill the web, but the idea that ISPs (in my opinion some of the scummiest corporations out there) get to decide what content they serve me and what they don't has the potential to kill the Internet as we know it.
Re: The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017)
#8Actually, the web began dying in the late 90s.
Hard to tell if you’re joking. If you do actually believe this, I assume you also believe that e-commerce broke everything?
Re: The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017)
#9>Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are probably soon going to dictate what traffic can or cannot arrive at people’s end devices. This was the money quote for me. FANG may kill the web, but the idea that ISPs (in my opinion some of the scummiest corporations out there) get to decide what content they serve me and what they don't has the potential to kill the Internet as we know it.
Naw, with the coming of 5G it will destroy their monopolies on the communication lines which should open the door to more local competition.
Re: The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017)
#10Actually, the web began dying in the late 90s.
If by the web you mean booting up an entire JVM to enable drag and drop