🗨️ this is the year the internet truly did successfully pivot to video

That this was the year — and that this month was possibly the exact month — that the internet truly did successfully pivot to video. Tack on to that the fact that ChatGPT is now responsible for about 20% of the search traffic that Google is, it seems undeniable that 2026 will be looked back at as the year the internet of libraries was replaced by the internet of televisions (and, soon to be, chatbots). And in the way all elections serve as cultural checkpoints for America, this month was moment most people seemed to notice.

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-internet-is-officially-tv-now

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