@vasilis asks¹, so here:

[gumnos@mastodon.bsd.cafe]

@vasilis asks¹, so here:

I want a web that is accessible.

I want the web that works without issue in a terminal browser like lynx(1) or a light-weight browser like @dillo, a web that doesn't require 1GB (or even 1MB) of RAM just to display 25KB of actual content.

I want a web that doesn't run random, untrusted code on my machine.

I want a web that doesn't try and track my every movement and click across every site.

I want a web that doesn't require cookie banners on every site.

I want a web that doesn't have popups.

I want a web that doesn't beg for me to sign up for mailing lists.

I want a web that I can mark up semantically and instruct my browser how to style in my own fonts/colors that *I* find most readable.

I want a web that I can deploy on a low-end hosting box for $1/month² that doesn't require cloud-fronting services, CDNs, complex deployments, dozens of frameworks, and a complex build process.

I want a web that doesn't try to shove AI down my throat—whether useless slop content, or pounding on my poor server to scrape what I've created.

I want a web that is simple enough that a single developer could write a new/novel browser.

I want a web that connects people instead of companies inserting themselves between people to extract profit.

I want a web that is passionately crafted with love, not for capitalist motives.

Instead we somehow have [gestures around vaguely]

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¹ https://social.vasilis.nl/@vasilis/116096206093641328

² https://lowendbox.com/blog/1-vps-1-usd-vps-per-month/

[kitten_tech@fosstodon.org]

@gumnos @vasilis @dillo ugh yes I also hunger for choosing my own styles.... I gather the original design of CSS was meant to allow for this, but we ended up with a world where CSS styles and HTML pages are codesigned rather than the HTML just using elements and the CSS saying how to style them. I think the class attribute was the crucial error that led us down this path...