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Yes, but only 15-20 years later in the extent expected for 2000. The technology wasn't there yet, just like with LLMs.
by julkali 8mo ago
Yes, but only 15-20 years later in the extent expected for 2000. The technology wasn't there yet, just like with LLMs.
- cheschire 8mo agoRight, one could say it was actually the smartphone that made the Internet as successful as it was being pitched to be in the late 90’s.
- irishcoffee 8mo agoFrom where I sit, smartphones completely ruined the internet. If you're defining "successful" in the sense of people-making-a-lot-of-money I completely agree. If you're talking about the internet in 2005 vs 2025, smartphones completely ruined the internet. At one point I had half my high school using HTML in their AIM profiles because they thought mine was cool. Now kids can hardly even type on an actual, physical keyboard.
- cheschire 8mo agoWe're in complete agreement.
- rollcat 8mo agoThe technology was there all along, and it's ironic that we're discussing it on this website of all. Look up ViaWeb.
- kjkjadksj 8mo agoThe tech was there. The websites worked fine. The issue was number of internet users was too low. Look at number of internet users today vs 1999…
- fc417fc802 8mo ago> The issue was number of internet users was too low. I'd argue that's because the tech wasn't there yet. Not the network or other web tech itself but rather the average-person-using-a-computer tech.