Excellent points.

I think it's a relatively well-written silly rant, an intentionally unbalanced work of rant literature.

Whereas the monetization of online activities is to be expected, I agree that we can avoid much of this, at the moment. The title is of course misleading because this monetization of activities is BECAUSE of a useful internet. The paradox is that we're victims of our support of and addiction to the internet. Avoiding the internet often helps.