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Text browsers seem to remove most of the bullshit.

Gives me flashbacks to Gopher, which was in retrospect perhaps a better idea.

@corruptian @neil Sadly Gopher had a terrible license compared to the public domain of most of the web stuff.

@artwaw @corruptian @neil I’d rather just make a little website.

@mattl @corruptian @neil nobody is stopping you.
Gopher has been recalled earlier, I just pointed out that it’s reincarnated yet has little traction.

@artwaw @mattl @neil

There's also just making simpler websites that operate more like Gopher and less like television.

I guess that's the... middle way?

@corruptian @mattl @neil of course.
The use case of Gemini is absolute lack of interaction, scripts, tracking as is common in http(s) content. Obviously it’s not for everyone but I can see the appeal of the design.
The underlying principle of forced simplicity (I don’t know if you are aware so I’m sorry if I’m trying to explain what you already know) and handing over the control over how data is decorated has its appeal.
It’s by far not for everyone. And it’s not designed to compete with http(s), rather to fill a niche.
My feeling is though that many demanding changes (very valid changes to that) would benefit from incorporating that niche to complement what they aim to achieve.