I asked this to Chat GPT, this is the response. "What would Aaron Swartz feel about the current state of the web, paywalls, advertising and cookie tracking?" Before I post, he actually was one of the creators of RSS, I am looking at now. A machine readable web. Wanted to post some links. Even RSS board has ads. https://www.rssboard.org/news/15/rss-advisory-board-goes-public https://www.openweb.com/resources This is straight from Chat GPT - openai "Given Aaron Swartz’s passionate advocacy for open access, freedom on the internet, and privacy rights, it's very likely that he would be deeply disappointed with several current trends on the web, including paywalls, advertising models, and cookie tracking. Here’s a breakdown of what he might think: 1. Paywalls and Information Access Swartz was a vocal proponent of open access to information, famously co-founding Infogami (which became Reddit ) and later being involved with initiatives like Open Library and The Public...
