[coal320]

VC firms will be the downfall of the internet as we know it.

[righthand]

The commercial internet. Every time I hear about a new LLM advancement I look at my legacy project list and do something without it just to upset people when I tell them later about how I didn’t do it in the most efficient way possible and am still happy.

[leptons]

That already happened like 25+ years ago, at least for those who knew the internet before there were ads everywhere.

[bluefirebrand]

I wanna say not quite 25+

20-ish for sure. Facebook was really the big turning point imo

But maybe that's just splitting hairs

[vkou]

Should I shed a lot of tears for the demise of the internet as we know it?

The internet as we know it kind of sucks.

[hsuduebc2]

Well it happened few times now. I do not think it as unusual phenomen it's just innovation. Not Always positive one.