All is part of the capitalization of the internet. People seek to make money and how they do it is not always morally or ethically sound.
The view of “the global village” with betterment for human society has become another rent seeker “getting my own” hustle culture. It’s the way people are I guess on the whole.
It's not as simple as capitalization, we had a long period of time where people were making fortunes but the tools actually worked.
Theres something deeper thats causing things like Google search refusing to show more than 12 or so results and them being lower quality. Causing YouTubes algorithm to recommend things you've already watched or just recommending a video over and over for weeks until you watch it to get rid of it.
I guess the thing is that the push is on for ever higher extraction and yields for managers/stakeholders/CEOs and to show it to shareholders and investors and the like. And with higher interest rates where money costs its only amplified I reckon.
I promote a video ad campaign for a client and its insane how much it is being shown for a few clicks. Ad revenue is probably going down in relative terms (or more effort for same results)
> Theres something deeper thats causing things like Google search refusing to show more than 12 or so results and them being lower quality.
That something is - wait for it - capitalization.
Google, YouTube and the rest of the Internet are drowning in low-quality, automated, yet monetized dreck. The signal-to-noise ration on the web has never been lower, and it's getting lower still.
The view of “the global village” with betterment for human society has become another rent seeker “getting my own” hustle culture. It’s the way people are I guess on the whole.