I keep wanting to write a little post about how SEO just basically killed everything. Which is in turn causes by adtech :)
I'm sorry for banging on this drum again, but this is yet another reason why capitalism should just fucking die already. "Money?" is not a valid measure of anything or anyone's worth; see the absolute Pacific Garbage Patch fire that is Elon Musk, or inversely how useful the internet was before corporate interests took over.
(I am not sorry for banging on this drum again)