This is true.

A lot of websites back in the 90s were just made up of images that were clickable using image maps. It was not a fun time.

I get what the parent comment is saying, though, and it's why I use Gemini (the protocol[0], not the AI). It doesn't align with corporate interests, but for now I consider that a good thing.

[0] https://geminiprotocol.net/