In my professional searches, I’m coming across these fake sites more and more often, and indeed, the genuine ones are becoming invisible.
The fact that this can be patented, adds another layer of horror. But what’s even more alarming is that the politicians who should be enacting laws barely understand this issue anymore and are missing the boat.

Do you still have hope for real websites?

@NatureMC I suspect we will have two webs: the version controlled by big tech, and a much, much smaller version that is largely reputation based and is shaped by things analogous to webrings with discovery via resource lists.

Big potential plus: the corporate web will be a blend of saccharine content, ragebait, and dark patterns - so a subset of people will use it less and get outside more.