Having the internet available at all times was never the problem.

Letting for-profit corporations and other real world supervillains control it and how we use it was and is.

Sure, the lack of oversight of the early internet meant that some predators got too much leeway. Still better than the Epstein class being in CHARGE of everything for everyone.

TL;DR: the internet is not the problem. Billionaires, their corporations, their lawyers, and their pet politicians are.