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If you depend on commercial websites and use x/Twitter and Facebook and even LinkedIn more than a few minutes a day, sure, maybe it's hell. But I spend 90% of my time online in open access papers, personal blogs, and the fediverse. And my experience is just fine.
The internet is what you make it.
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