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No. The corporations have ruined the Internet
Smartphones is what gave them control. On the PC you can still filter most of the nonsense away. On smartphones the user is no longer in control and has to eat up whatever they get served.
Exactly why I don't even bother with mobile games. That market feels so oversaturated with paywalls, scams, microtransactions and ads.
No, greedy people ruined the internet.
The internet ruined the internet.
no, the {̴͕͓͐̑͂̚͠}̷͚̰̄"̵̱̬͎̫͉͕̅̆̈́̌̏́̋̕͘:̷̡̢̗̰̯̜̗̫̩̙̹̋|̷̢͚̲̞̹̜̞̬͚͗͗̒́͂͒͊́͌|̸̥̱͕͆̈́́̓}̷̱̓͗̊̓͆̀́̾{̸͚̥̮̹̠͕̖̞͈͈̉̐͗̉̈́̑̃͂̑͂̿͛̕͜͝͝ͅͅ:̶̛͔͈̭̜̮͓̍̈́̃́̐̅̉̊̊̚"̷̢̪̲̱̺̪͚͉̙̟̼̮̒̋͝ͅ?̵̭͙͙̤̤̦͈̳̻̜̯̫͓͕͛͐̓̓͆͜͝≯̨͍̠̞͈̌̌̕:̴̛͓͍̩͕͓̅̆͌͂͑́̎͘͠ͅ^̶̺̣̎̈́̅^̸̢̼̼͍̜̻͌͒̍͒̓̇͌͌̐̕"̵̢̢̰͔̬̭͉͔̪̘͖̀̇̾̽̉͜͜͜?̷̯̭̣͕͙͗̒́̔͐́"̸̨̜͔̲̄̓͋}̵̠̯̲͎̬̟͒͐̈́͗́̿̔̈̔̐̐́̑̐̚{̶̻̋̈̄̎̊͌͑͐͛̈́͆̀͋ ruined the internet.
Yes and
Both are responsible
Smartphones never were tools. They were from the start designed to remove control from the user and shift it to the apps and the manufacturers so they could feed you with ads and stuff.