I think for me, the internet would have to be totally eclipsed by the enshittification process, for me to revise how I use it and what for. I’ve been online for 28 years now and I am beginning to slow down more and more as time goes on. I used to have been a community seeker, an explorer and a very curious person.
But as I have watched and learned where the internet was going and all of the struggles it has faced. While personally having dealt with my own fair share of troubles with it, I am sometimes under the impression about being more than ready to hang it up and stick to just the minimalist way possible when it comes to the internet.
And we’re talking, only watching YouTube/Netflix, coming on to Second Life to do whatever, only interacting with who I know and just making sure things are taken care of with online bills and such. Nothing more.
I have been using the internet since before ISP’s existed and you had to have a university or government account.
I’ll never stop using it probably; It’s sad to me that people feel like the internet died/they lost something, because I still see all the old stuff there just with layers on top of it that come and go.
I’m a lemming now but I was a redditor before that, and a farker before that, and a mefite before that, and a linkfikter.net browser before that (never had cute names that far back), and dozens of other places that came and went.
Chat is still around. Irc is still around and there are many other modes, i’m in a lovely matrix room with those wonderful 196 cats and I love them. Usenet is still around. MUD’s are still around. BBS’ are still around.
Everyone can have whatever internet they want, I don’t understand the fears.