How Agora Road Turned Internet Nostalgia Into a Subscription Service
Agora Road’s Macintosh Cafe bills itself as “the best kept secret of the internet.” Not much of a secret when you’re indexed on Wikipedia and shilled across YouTube by commentary channels desperate for content. But that’s the least of their problems.
This forum represents everything wrong with modern “old internet revival” - not just aesthetic cargo cult behavior, but active exploitation of people seeking authentic alternatives to corporate surveillance. They’ve turned internet nostalgia into a monthly subscription service while implementing tracking practices that would make Facebook jealous. How Agora Road Turned Internet Nostalgia Into a Subscription Service
