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No it's not, maybe for some mainstream websites. Saying the "whole internet" is clickbait hyperbole.
For some people "the whole internet" is like half a dozen websites.
I worked in tech support. For some people Facebook is the internet
They mean most of the internet for most people
Only the vast socially relevant parts of the internet
elite nerds who use lemmy will be able to circumvent
if the snobs are fine, why care?
those people kvetching about how the endless September ruined everything will have their wish
Well if they enslave everyone else, we are going to feel it too, no matter what cracks of the system we hide in
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-search-engines/105516256
It's the Internet. There are internets, but just one Internet.