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