It’s not just the Internet, it’s all technology. In the 90s, there was sort of excitement over anything new coming to the market. Now it’s ”oh good, new tech for our overlords to somehow screw us with”. Doesn’t help that back then there were a hell of a lot more true technological progress, just look at what a PC was like in 1990 compared to 1999.
They make things without getting compensated for it. Same goes for everyone whose hobbies are drawing, painting, making music or any creative endeavor. I’m sure you also have hobbies, are you paid to do them?
Landlords are parasites that prey on the vulnerable and produce nothing of value. Corporations who own and profit from ”intellectual property” are no different.
If it wasn’t, no one would ever develop any kind of software or scientific research or write a book or produce any kind of intangible work whatsoever.
Open source software developers, fan translators, emulation developers, etc.: lol.
lol, you actually said this unironically
Also, who the fuck still uses an Anonymous profile pic and their cringe slogan in 2023, lmao