What do you think will be the future of the internet? 1) Will forums and imageboards disappear completely and only social networks will exist?2) Will porn be more restricted than it is now?3) Will you need personal ID to use most popular websites?4) Will downloads of movies, tv series, etc. still exist?The forums that I still visit are always talking about how much they have left, that the forum is going to close soon because there are less and less users or the quality of the users is decreasing. Imageboards I think will last a little more but if you think about it apart from 4chan there is no other imageboard with enough users.Porn I think will always be available because it's a very big business and people won't accept a government banning it or something similar. The personal ID thing I think won't be implemented either because not many people would give their personal ID to watch porn.And requiring personal ID for big social networks it's something that already exists but I think that it isn't mandatory on Facebook or similar websites. At least what I read is that if you do something suspicious then they will require the ID but it's not a requisite to create the account.And finally about downloads. I think they will try to make it more and more difficult so people subscribe to streaming services but I would like to see a government that bans it completely or puts high fines for people that do it. I think that party is not going to last too much in power. So I think it will still exist for a while but it will keep decreasing in activity.I would like to read your opinions about these subjects and about the future of the internet in general.
>>107897538Unless vpns go out I don't think they can ban downloading, if any thing it's seems there is more porn than ever.There is always a desire to do something with a degree of freedom so even if they do Id system or something, probably a counter to that will pop up where I can log to and it mangles IDs in some way so users could be anon.Community wise I really don't know, rn my thought is capped at gated communities, there would we gated communities for specific things and they'd spread old school style, ear to ear. Perhaps even 'whitelisted territory'
>>107897910What would happen if someday 4chan definitely closes? Just another imageboard is created or another existing one replaces it?
