andrea
@andreas
dreaming about the future, romanticizing the past
andrea
a brilliant letter. saving to return to.
Browsers could have implemented digital wallets to manage subscriptions and one-click payments, but consumers had to wait for Amazon and Apple to launch proprietary solutions to public platform problems. Payments were difficult, so nobody paid for things. Advertising became the default way to sustainably make money; piracy became the default way to... See more
Not having payments baked into the browser was the original sin of the Internet
never judge a technology by its early days
suddenly craving a different kind of internet experience, something very specific yet i'm not sure if i've articulated before, something somewhat collaborative but really simple. i think... something that I approximate with twitter but it's like an itch I can't quite get to
Visakan Veerasamyx.comBut do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?"
Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.
Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.
