Back in 2014 it had already gone downhill considerably but mostly in the sense of trying to appeal to advertisers and the mass market and not political bullshit. By 2015 you had vaccine mandate stuff on the front page, and of course when Trump ran for president TDS kicked in with full force.
Archive: https://archive.is/C1IVN
Other articles on the front page:
Ars Technica is owned by Condé Nast, which used to own Reddit.
I used to read Ars Tecnica and then saw every article was left wing talking points and nothing about tech
Just look at Ars Technica's home page from 1999 or even 2008.
Back in 2014 it had already gone downhill considerably but mostly in the sense of trying to appeal to advertisers and the mass market and not political bullshit. By 2015 you had vaccine mandate stuff on the front page, and of course when Trump ran for president TDS kicked in with full force.