This is the argument made by Geert Lovink, Professor at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science (AUAS) and University of Amsterdam in his new essay Extinction Internet.He has researched Wikipedia, search engines, social media and cryptocurrencies and their profit models—always from the perspective that the internet is broken, but can and must be fixed (as also argued by Waag founder Marleen Stikker in her book).Mark Zuckerberg has moved away from his social media platforms and launched Meta, as if nothing's wrong and we can just start over again, but it's clearly already broken."Opinions have consequences Lovink sees this point of no return approaching because now even 'ordinary' users increasingly have to pay a price for our far-reaching dependence on the internet and addiction to social media and apps.With the entire population dependent on it, the likes of Elon Musk are bound to come along to offer a very expensive and exclusive satellite connection.""