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Wired Argues It's Time to Let the Internet Die
Original: Please Let the Internet Die. It's Time to Start Over Article URL: https://www. wired.com/story/let-the-intern et-die/ Co
Wired has published an essay titled 'Please Let the Internet Die. It's Time to Start Over,' arguing that the modern internet is so degraded by ads, algorithmic feeds, AI slop and enshittification that a wholesale rebuild may be preferable to reform. The piece is drawing modest debate on Hacker News and among tech commentators, with readers split between agreeing the web has become unusable and dismissing the idea as impractical doomsaying.
Why now: Frustration over AI-generated spam, ads and the declining quality of the web is a live conversation, and a major tech outlet's provocative call for a total restart gives it a fresh focus.
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