From Internet Users to Users: at What Point Did the Internet Stop Being a Place to Go to for Fun?

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It is not only a semantic change, the arrival of smartphones changed the approach to the Internet and the possibilities to build it collectively. In 2026, when the apps have shifted to traditional web navigation, we reflected on this transformation and its implications.The disenchantment of the generation that wanted to live from the Internet: “We have been sold the fallacy of digital meritocracy” There was a time when we were Internet users. I …