>Those were all potential futures we imo thankfully and carefully avoided!

I am not so thankful. But it is coming from my view of the current world.

I think open Internet for business is good. But open Internet for communication was bad. I cannot think of one good thing that have resulted from an open internet for communication/discussions. It has turned out to result in a collective, perpetual state of seizure for all humanity.

I am someone who had to learn stuff from random encounters with books in the 90s. Even then, I would not have it any other way...