That's not how they use internet now - because they can't!

They used to. Even Internet Explorer had RSS support. Sites had RSS icons and even instructions for undecided.

In my surroundings both young and old users loved to discover new sites and catalogue them. Bookmarks was one of the most important things to back up.

Del.icio.us was a thing, and a quite popular one.

I think modern Internet will reach a point where users will notice small web is the only thing worth their time, full circle.