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I've been online for like, too long to see it decay and rot into the form it has been turned into. My only regret is that I didn't embrace the early days or the first 15 years I was online for. Tack on 15 more years and I got to watch, albeit slowly, the corrosion take form.
Everywhere I've been to is either gone or transformed into a shallow representation of its former self. Everyone I know and knew are growing up and the times we had can't be replicated anymore or enjoyed similarly. Features are being shoved in that nobody asked for but everyone uses without question. Optimization has taken a back seat, where everything breaks down in a moment's notice as we're given empty promises and apologies for it.
The spirit of community has fallen to tribalism and hivemindedness where simply being nuanced is just simply unacceptable anymore. It's like you MUST pick a side, you MUST say the right opinions, you MUST express yourself justly or you're whatever the side thinks you are. There is no room for critical thinking.
And every other day, I ask myself "what the fuck am I even doing anymore?" when it comes to being online. I'm just coming online for no other reason than just to check things and waste clicks. Because I'm not enjoying my time anywhere without being constantly reminded about the things I've watched the internet become for so long.
There was someone I knew, that when her gaming PC broke down 2 years ago, she decided that it was it for her. She wasn't tech savvy, she wasn't glued to the net or computers as much. She'll use something until it breaks before she decides whether to continue. And when that computer died, she shrugged and decided to move on living as simple as she can be.
I don't think I'll go that route when my PC dies, I'll still have a use for it. But if the internet becomes too expensive or it just plainly isn't serving its purpose to me as it once did completely, I'll probably consider it a good run well-lived.