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Ah the pre every-device-you-own-has-Wi-Fi Internet.
You had to work to be online, and for me, it was timed (my parents installed Cyber Patrol, but didn't change the disable-for-an-hour password). You got on, got what you needed, like the Ghostbusters theme midi, and you got the hell off.
The plus/minus side of Lemmy is that it's easy to reach the "end", when you start seeing things from the last time you browse. So you get off your phone, and waste a few hours on Factorio.
I mean, being able to reach the end is a good thing. Limits doom scrolling.
I'm really believing now that this is how the internet should be. Everything hooked on the whole 24/7 fishing for content even if scraping at the bottom of the barrel, making up things for artificial engagement and baiting for reactions consumes too much of what potential it had.
It really should be treated as just a thing you go on, talk to a few people, do a few tasks, get what you want/need and then hop off to do whatever.
Living on the internet should not be a thing. I'd know, because the internet is literally a part of my life. I do not recommend.