It was like this in the late 90s...early 2000s, late 2000s,early 2010s...late 2010s...early 2020s....fuck

the last one can be solved by sending lemmy links instead

No such problems, I don't use pages which need an account to see the content, or I skip the account Popup, YT without ads and trackers, with extensions or front-ends, fast page loading because blocking all this crap. But yes, free internet is becoming more and more distant since large corporations dominate it with their conditions, if they continue like this, soon you will only be browsing the internet with your ID and credit card and the webcam on.