The Internet Hasn't Gotten Worse: Just Your Outlook

I'm taking "the internet" to mean "the web" here.

I think that the web has certainly gotten worse. It's not just my outlook.

However, the things the article talks about aren't what I think are worse about it. If those are the complaints, then I agree with the article.

What I think is worse about the web is all around monetization. Commercial sites, ubiquitous spying, the decline of the ability to find sites of interest, all that sort of thing. By those measures, the web is substantially worse than it used to be.