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@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ the monetisation of the use of a public resource) and then of course by the
social media companies.
AOL in fact started this even before there was a Web, pioneering the concept of
a web portal, with their [modem-based](cfbef1c4_web_precursors.md) private-BBS
business model. This provided access to a circumscribed subset of the Internet
at a time when accessing information was opaque and confusing to the average
non-technical user. The advent of the web first threatened and then basically
obviated this model, when access to information via browsers and HTTP servers
made the process easier and more democratized. Hence why AOL then tellingly
pivoted to the browser and search-engine market (purchasing
[Netscape](c301a0b3-1d8_Mosaic_Netscape_and_Browser_Wars.md) in 1999), the next
available mechanism of enclosure.
a web portal, with their [modem-based](./Web_precursors.md) business model. This
provided access to a circumscribed subset of the Internet at a time when
accessing information was opaque and confusing to the average non-technical
user. The advent of the web first threatened and then basically obviated this
model, when access to information via browsers and HTTP servers made the process
easier and more democratized. Hence why AOL then tellingly pivoted to the
browser and search-engine market (purchasing
[Netscape](/zk/Mosaic_Netscape_and_Browser_Wars.md) in 1999), the next available
mechanism of enclosure.
![AOL homepage](../img/aol-original.jpg)