@britishtechguru on a more serious note: it's _people_ that are the same no matter the epoc. however, it takes some time for the right people with the right attitude (as in the topic starter's post) to crowd in together and work their «magic» to really enshittify every emerging technology, so…

nope, internet of yesterday was not the same as that of today, and tomorrow it will be different enough to surprize us yet, imho :-)