{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "In today's \"VC money makes anything okay, I guess\", when exactly was it that \"we sell you cheap Viagra on the internet without a...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/621346729148710912/", "html": "<p>In today&rsquo;s &ldquo;VC money makes anything okay, I guess&rdquo;, when exactly was it that &ldquo;we sell you cheap Viagra on the internet without a doctor&rsquo;s visit&rdquo; became a legitimate business model? That was like the <i>canonical</i> internet sketchcase industry!</p><p>That was somehow less legitimate than the X10, the wireless camera <i>transparently</i> pitched for hidden camera voyeurism that sponsored the entire web for like 6 months when they invented pop-ups!</p><p>But now I see like, serious businesses advertising on legitimate platforms and they just\u2026 <b>do</b> it.</p><p>Is\u2026 is the &ldquo;taming of the Internet&rdquo; just going to mean we stop doing sketchy stuff until the reputation wears off and then go back to doing it in the open with $150m funding rounds?</p>"}