The Internet is dying: who is to blame?

Hello everyone. This is a rather quick rant containing my thoughts on the "Dead Internet Theory" and more. Discussion and constructive criticism are encouraged in the comments=)

Many Internet users, including me, have begun to notice that the Internet has become less entertaining, soulless even, in the past few years. (I think you guys might relate because I see a lot of old web nostalgia on here) So, here are a few main things that I noticed:

1. Too many bots and AI -generated content. Hundreds, thousands, maybe even millions of posts a day are created automatically and receive likes and comments from similar "dead" accounts. 
2. The "for you" algorithm is everywhere: You must know what I'm talking about if you use social media. Personalization may seem good at first, but it has major issues that we'll come back to later.
3. Advertising and paid subscriptions are everywhere. No explanation needed.
4. Internet centralization. Small websites and forums lose their relevance and die, unable to compete with mainstream social media owned by big companies like Facebook 
5. Censorship. There was a lot of freedom in the early days. Today, not much. You can have different feelings on it but it's just a fact.

Does this sound familiar to you? Well I tried to be as objective as possible. Now, let me give you some background stuff that will provide the context for my further conclusions.

Algorithms have been developed to best meet people's needs. They work based on the information they collect about you. Titanic amounts of information. If you, like most users, don't particularly care about privacy,  it means that your devices know everything about you. Your search history, messages, GPS location, and real-life conversations are all stored in enormous databases and fed into the advertising algorithm (plus, your data is sold more often than you 'd like!)

The Internet knows very well what people want. And that's a problem. Often, due to excessive content personalization, users find themselves in a so-called "filter bubble." I advise you to read about this on Wikipedia - it's interesting. Filtering also allows third parties to control the content that is displayed to you. We can only speculate as to who these third parties may be, but I think it's pretty clear once you see the pattern.

What are the AI accounts for? AI bots have various uses. They can be used for spam, propaganda, social media promotion, or they can for example replace support staff if advanced enough. AI robots are fast and efficient, they do not need salaries and days off. Therefore their use provides significant gains to their owners and those who develop and sell them.

Interesting fact: according to data for 2022, bots account for nearly 50% of all online traffic, and this number is growing every year!

As you can see, all these examples share a common thread. This thread is profit. I believe that the close proximity of commercial entities to communication platforms has destroyed the original meaning of their existence, which was to help establish genuine connections between people. When a platform begins to cooperate with a business, it soon becomes a slave to profit, spoiling the user experience in the process.

TLDR: capitalism bad

Well, that's it. I was falling asleep as I was writing the second half, so excuse me if I missed anything. Anyway, tell me what you think. Does it make sense or is it pure brainrot? Thanks for reading. Goodbye!