Interesting read, thanks for sharing! I've had a lot of these thoughts and questions myself, and it's helpful reading someone else's thoughts and having them lay their thoughts on this topic in a very cohesive article
Do you think they'll do it manually or just not allow their pages to be indexed? That doesn't seem like something a publisher would want to do / happen as I'm sure a lot of their traffic comes from search.
For sites that this and other methods don't work on like NYTimes, WSJ, and WaPo, I use Incoggo (https://www.incoggo.com). I saw them on HN a few weeks ago and haven't really had issues. They're only out on Mac though.
I also like doing this and I'll try to focus on what I'm seeing during my walk which helps my brain not to wander worrying about work or other stressors but it allows me to be in the moment.
I'm really curious how long it'll actually take for the metaverse concept to be adopted by the general public. They say that it'll take 5-10 years before the first fleshed out Meta product to release, how long will adoption take?