The old web was people that could afford PCs, a select group, and who knew how/chose to connect to the internet, smaller sub group, plus college students. Then it was people who could afford very expensive toys (iPhone) on expensive phone plans that required credit qualifications. The types of people who are inquisitive, or who have expensive hobbies, or even time/energy for hobbies. There was a time early on when services that normally require some kind of credit check just...didn't... if you used the iPhone app.

Today's internet is wage slaves on prepaid phone plans using apps on cheap cell phones that want a cheap/free distraction from their lives.