@molly0xfff the one part of this that might be worth exploring - how much of this depends on corporate investment in meatspace infrastructure - i.e. rollout of fiber, readily available broadband, etc. The web is great now w/ 1 gbps fiber, but back then, the web was only as good as a certain point at 1.4 kbps via modem over copper telephone lines…and with corporate, i.e. old school AT&T style - there still is some element of gatekeeping/censureship that is possible