I remember when paying for an internet connection meant you got an email account, a ~user style web space, and access to a local-ish Usenet server. And when a static IP for your broadband connection was $4/month and they didn't care what you served from it as long as it didn't hurt the network or get them in legal trouble.
Somewhere along the way we got tricked into core services like email and hosting simple pages being either additional (and high!) costs or vehicles for ad-oriented surveillance. And it's been so complete a shift that people who aren't even that much younger than me just accept this as the natural order of things.
@AzulCrescent - I had this moment when I zipped up a jacket I had pre-transition. "Oh...OHHH!"
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