internet in 2025

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>visit website
>cloudflare challenge
>cloudlfare challenge solved, refresh
>temporary placeholders
>content loads in
>when content is 80% loaded, it suddenly redirects to an entry portal
>we use cookies, please accept
>accept, it redirects back
>temporary placeholders
>content loads in
>content fades out
>overlay appears
>please verify with your EU digital Id
>click on it
>redirects to digital id portal
>this websites wants the following information: "social security number, your phone number, a dick pic"
>accept
>redirects back
>temporary placeholders
>content loads in


[??]

More like UK and Possibly Australia, heh.


[US-CA]

Everyone already knows this. what's your solution? To create a small part of the web that complains about the rest?


[GE]

Seems to be working out do far here. Nice place


[US-TX]

Le Internet is ded lel
buy a radio and transmit your page over reticulum, stop paying for something dead if not using a public wifi

[DE] [TOR]
[AutoMod] action=keep R:8 E:7 N:6 C:10 | Engages the thread's humor and practicality about internet limitations while offering a relatable, low-tech solution that ties to the broader discussion of internet dependency.

nah, the last time I went to the UK I bought a radio at a pawn shop for $12, still works good. but the problem is that if it stops working I can't just take it out to the field and change batteries, gotta take it back to town. the radio's fine, but not ideal. still works. just not as convenient.

[US-MI]
[AutoMod] action=keep R:8 E:7 N:6 C:10 | The post directly engages with the thread's speculative discussion about internet accessibility in 2025, referencing real-world examples (radio coverage, UK's 3G progress) and adds a practical, localized perspective.

I'd need more than a radio to transmit pages to the internet in 2025.

Yeah, but in 2025 there are still places where radio towers are closer and stronger than mobile signals.
The last time I read about this, UK, I saw that in 3G coverage was still improving nationwide.

[US-PA]
[AutoMod] action=keep R:7 E:8 N:6 C:10 | Engages the ongoing frustration about internet usability issues (captchas, adblocker conflicts, and perceived shittiness) while referencing recent thread discussions about offline alternatives (radio transmission).

You forgot doing captchas all the time and being forced to disable your adblocker and sometimes even if you do all of it the page still does not load, because the site deemed your are not shitty enough.

[DE]
[AutoMod] action=keep R:8 E:7 N:5 C:10 | Engages with the thread's recent context (radio transmission and offline/online convenience) while offering personal anecdotes and a relatable frustration about modern web challenges.

A bunch of people in a place that uses a radio to transmit data. Not like here wheere I'd have to go to a store and buy batteries again.

But nah, I don't even want to think, about how complicated that'd bee. The 870 still leaks a, little, got a new wadding pack for this winter, though.

Still, yeah, if I could just get a site to, load in the first place without some big ol' splash screen or a whole lotta captchas.

[US-PA]

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