As commercial enterprises currently are set up, they have no incentive whatsoever to preserve the ecosystem they are thriving on. Worse, they profit more when harming it. As seen here with Google, that is true irrespective of the nature of the affected system.
It's not just the quality of websites that is negatively hit either. The real victims are us, civil society and our future.
The information realm that is the internet should provide not only some basic tidbits, it should inform to the full extent of human knowledge.
Even more than that, it should provide us with the freedom to discuss among ourselves and reflect on ourselves, humans and humanity, about the future of society.
Without such self-reflection, there is only stagnation and retardation. We cannot change what we do not understand and we understand ourselves the least.
It's not just the quality of websites that is negatively hit either. The real victims are us, civil society and our future.
The information realm that is the internet should provide not only some basic tidbits, it should inform to the full extent of human knowledge. Even more than that, it should provide us with the freedom to discuss among ourselves and reflect on ourselves, humans and humanity, about the future of society.
Without such self-reflection, there is only stagnation and retardation. We cannot change what we do not understand and we understand ourselves the least.