ki4jgt@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoWhy is the Internet reverting to the 90s?message-squaremessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareWhy is the Internet reverting to the 90s?ki4jgt@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square38linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoI don’t see nostalgia for the old internet among my techie friends. Old hardware yes, but not the old internet. I have a 286 and enjoy the sites that have all the abandonware - we never got discs for the games that came with our first computer One complains about unnecessary SSL as his old machines can’t do SSL
minus-squareBahnd Rollard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoThe asthetic is coming back, the protocol is not. Were still going to be using all the modern tools to ensure a secure and encrypted connection, but visiting shit that looks like the OG SpaceJam website.
I don’t see nostalgia for the old internet among my techie friends. Old hardware yes, but not the old internet.
I have a 286 and enjoy the sites that have all the abandonware - we never got discs for the games that came with our first computer
One complains about unnecessary SSL as his old machines can’t do SSL
The asthetic is coming back, the protocol is not. Were still going to be using all the modern tools to ensure a secure and encrypted connection, but visiting shit that looks like the OG SpaceJam website.