From 1d024572d1b94aa22b5fa0f4601496ccdb6802a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: thomasabishop Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:18:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tidy up links aol --- zk/AOL_and_early_Internet_enclosure.md | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/zk/AOL_and_early_Internet_enclosure.md b/zk/AOL_and_early_Internet_enclosure.md index 01ec9c7..8b451b4 100644 --- a/zk/AOL_and_early_Internet_enclosure.md +++ b/zk/AOL_and_early_Internet_enclosure.md @@ -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)