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Has there ever been an industry that's been "enshittified" and then un-"enshittified"? (lemmy.world)
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I'm thinking even for cases of like shrinkflation.

I saw an article about potentially cheaper RAM here, so it got me curious if things ever really get better on occasion.

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[–] 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

AFAIK internet access was very siloed in the 90s - AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy and the like, which weren't quite ISPs, since they allowed access only to their own services and networks. Then, in 2000s, these companies evolved and ISPs started providing access to the WWW, whick you could call "deshittifying" internet access.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Probably before my time... What I remeber from using AOL was that their browser and keyword structure was like an idiot-proof version of the Internet that was accessible for the entire family. I guess they thought that typing www.something.com was for techies... But that ultimately they were still providing you an internet connection and you could use other software to access the actual internet.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Yeah, unless it was different in the very early days, we used AOL and it was basically a glorified homepage. Opening the browser and choosing your own sites to visit felt very advanced, but worked just the same.

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