If a "return to web 1.0" means going back to baroque and quirky websites on which I have to constantly fight to find information and not carve my eyes out out of digust then no, thanks. The Web was meant as a means to publish hyperlinked text documents, nothing more, nothing less.
I don't want to read an entire book on a web page, just let me download an .epub file. I don't want to read your poorly formatted artsy manifesto in my browser, just let me download a PDF. I don't want to read your blogpost which is just a presentation in disguise filled with inline images, just let me download a powerpoint file.
I'm glad that if I want to search for some information Wikipedia presents me a consistent interface and gives me a brief overview of a subject and presents me with further hyperlinked content both pointing to IRL and web-hosted documents. Wikipedia to me perfectly represents the spirit of true Web 1.0 even if the content is Web 2.0 in nature.
It seems like you are conflating simple websites with the aesthetic of websites of web 1.0. these things are mutually exclusive and going back to web 1.0 will allow you to just download an epub of a very very simple text heavy website.
It's a matter of principles. If you give people javascript and css they will use it, full stop. The reason why the web has evolved this way is because the people back then were responsible for it. You have to cut the hydra's head and simply remove everything that is graphic and only keep basic text formatting.
I don't want to read an entire book on a web page, just let me download an .epub file. I don't want to read your poorly formatted artsy manifesto in my browser, just let me download a PDF. I don't want to read your blogpost which is just a presentation in disguise filled with inline images, just let me download a powerpoint file.
I'm glad that if I want to search for some information Wikipedia presents me a consistent interface and gives me a brief overview of a subject and presents me with further hyperlinked content both pointing to IRL and web-hosted documents. Wikipedia to me perfectly represents the spirit of true Web 1.0 even if the content is Web 2.0 in nature.