alt Hacker News> Was there ever a time when technology "just worked" for non-technical people (or technical people!)?
I know you weren’t being quite so literal but it is worth mentioning Google until 2019 or so did, even as SEO and ad considerations nibbled at it for years. Eventually it broke though so here we are
I think Google search back then was ok, but the larger problem is that your OS was probably breaking while your Comcast was going up and down and your browser was an absolute POS during the time of those Google searchs. Holistically, it's always been a mess.