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[–] jaykrown@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

No it's not, maybe for some mainstream websites. Saying the "whole internet" is clickbait hyperbole.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For some people "the whole internet" is like half a dozen websites.

I worked in tech support. For some people Facebook is the internet

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They mean most of the internet for most people
Only the vast socially relevant parts of the internet

[–] laserjet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

elite nerds who use lemmy will be able to circumvent

if the snobs are fine, why care?

those people kvetching about how the endless September ruined everything will have their wish

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

Well if they enslave everyone else, we are going to feel it too, no matter what cracks of the system we hide in

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Australians will soon be subjected to mandatory age checks across the internet landscape, in what has been described as a huge and unprecedented change.

Search engines are next in line for the same controversial age-assurance technology behind the teen social media ban, and other parts of the internet are likely to follow suit.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256

[–] eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

It's the Internet. There are internets, but just one Internet.