First screen, captured .
463 points by StrLght | 367 comments
Mullvad VPN blog post arguing that social media age verification laws spreading worldwide lay the foundation for a government-controlled internet.
581 points by muse900 | 399 comments
CyberInsider news article reporting that an EU Parliamentary Research Service document described VPNs as a loophole to close in the push for online age verification.
671 points by thinkingemote | 476 comments
An Aftermath blog post arguing that the internet is increasingly filled with low-quality AI-generated content, with machines talking to machines.
1753 points by theorchid | 850 comments
A personal essay recounting frustration with people replying using copy-pasted AI answers, including on GitHub discussions and from an employer sharing ChatGPT screenshots.
676 points by ethanhawksley | 665 comments
A personal blog post by Ethan Hawksley explaining why he dislikes passkeys and the tech industry's push to make users adopt them.
347 points by ibobev | 228 comments
Stephen Diehl blog essay arguing the modern internet has become predatory compared with the amateur, non-commercial web of the 1990s.
1416 points by npilk | 777 comments
A personal blog post arguing that Facebook is now dominated by AI-generated slop content and has been abandoned by younger users.
97 points by sagacity | 93 comments
A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.