Is it normal that i miss old websites and apps so much?

I miss when I could use the internet without my thoughts being sold to ad companies.

I miss the chatrooms on America Online, those were a great way to find pot dealers.

Some people probably feel nostalgic for the good old days when smallpox epidemics were a regular cause of excitement.

My first experience of forums was on Compuserve, and I don't miss that at all (especially the bong-bong-hiss modem connection).

I went through a phase of spending quite a bit of time on Yahoo Answers. In retrospect, it was like an even dumber version of IIN. Real examples:

"How can I unbake a cake?"

"Is it legal to kill an ant?"

"Every time I masturbate, I get angry and throw my turtle against the wall."

"My boyfriend and I are white, so why does our baby look black?" (In her additional information, she says that yeah, she did cheat with a guy, but he's only half black. And then she says their mixed-race child must be because her boyfriend cheated on her, and she's tossed him out.)

"How can I test if my son is gay?"

"Why does soap smell so good and taste so bad?"

"Why do crocodiles walk so gayly?"

"My girlfriend aint had her period since she got pregnant. Is the baby drinking the blood?"

I miss old YouTube, like back in 2010 when ads weren't as much of a thing. When people were uploading videos for fun, not for money. And there weren' cringey kids all over it.

"My girlfriend aint had her period since she got pregnant. Is the baby drinking the blood?" Oh that one is priceless!!! LOL

Yes. But for me, I prefer the older version/layout of current apps or websites. I have the old reddit style turned on. And I had the old YouTube style turned on for as long as I could (before they removed the option)