I was around when Tim berners-Lee created the WWW.
The crap we see every day has nothing to do with it, and all to do with US "culture" and a bunch of self-styled idiot savants called tech bros.
I do not believe the Web is literally over, but surely without user rebellion we're not too far.

Sorensen nails it.

https://www.gocomics.com/jen-sorensen/2025/08/27