Those are pretty poor comparisons. The picture quality is vastly improved with digital cameras over the first cameras, the model t will run on leaded, but not real long on unleaded without lead substitute added. Just because now we have to use a different gasoline doesn't mean its worse. Now we no longer have lead pollution along roadways, big plus for city playgrounds and the kids who play there.
With increasing digital technology there is absolutely no reason other than to begin argument/discussion abotu how everything was better back when you had to do everything through a CLI.
If you are so concerned about saving the internet, do you own little part and put back together an old 386 and use a 14.4 or less dialup modem. That way you won't be encouraging new technology by buying it, and your slow modem speeds will help do its little part by not taking very much bandwidth out of the whole connected world.