Recalling what was said by COs, and talks at CAs, SADs, and DCs, the Internet used to be from the devil! Early on, it was considered a waste of time and money that should be used for preaching. As time passed, they latched on to anything that put the Internet in a negative light... Internet addiction, porn, and worst of all apostates! It was expected that if someone browsed on the web, they would constantly have pop-up windows opening chock full of porn. And it was expected that married JWs would almost immediately find a "friend" on the Internet and abandon their family. With time, warnings about apostates on the Internet increased constantly. I wouldn't have been surprised if a home Internet connection would have been grounds for judicial action.
But times change. Children often needed Internet access in order to do homework, and the parents needed it for their jobs. It all become much more mainstream. So, WT said that if a family was going to have Internet access, they should have it in a public area of their home... so the rest of the family could play the WT role of "big brother".
As WT has slashed their expenses to the bone, they decided to consecrate the Internet. In their own pathetic vision, they speak of their website as something ingenious and grandeous. When in actuality, it's very static and blah. Since they've ordered that no JWs setup any websites, their singular website is all alone, surrounded by anti-JW websites of many kinds.
And there are still lots of JWs who still don't have broadband or any Internet... like some of my relatives. They have certainly noticed the fact that WT has flip-flopped on this issue. It used to be that the Internet was evil, then it could be in the living room, now WT is featuring themselves as a smartphone app! Guess what else you'll be able to access on that smartphone in the privacy of your bedroom... www.jehovahs-witness.net