Comment by draw_down

> People would ask astonishing questions, like “who’s going to pay to make all those links?” or “why would anyone want to put documents online?”

Gee, what a bunch of rubes. Why couldn't they imagine our modern internet from first principles?! Why would they care about silly details like how things get paid for?

("Who's going to pay for all those links" is a big reason why we spend our time on here talking about stuff like "dark patterns", btw.)