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803 points csmantle | 6 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 1.418s | source | bottom
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mzhaase ◴[13 Jul 25 09:51 UTC] No.44548951[source]▶
We need more paid stuff. Making everything advertising funded has given advertisers too much power over society. We don't see real human opinion anymore, we see advertising friendly opinions.
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1. Workaccount2 ◴[13 Jul 25 13:15 UTC] No.44550230[source]▶
Nothing can compete with the ad model + ad blocker.

The suckers can watch the ads, and we can ride for free. (And we can complain that the content progressively caters to the suckers and not us).

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2. baby ◴[13 Jul 25 13:45 UTC] No.44550425[source]▶
Did you notice that chrome removed the ad blocker extensions?
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3. bee_rider ◴[13 Jul 25 14:08 UTC] No.44550571[source]▶
Google is also getting pretty aggressive about blocking people with ad blockers from YouTube. I think it is great. I ad-block everywhere, but if people don’t want me around for that reason, that’s their right. If I wanted to watch short videos, I’d actually have to become a paying customer somewhere!
4. thrance ◴[13 Jul 25 14:17 UTC] No.44550621[source]▶
Ads have many more perverse effects than wasting your time or being ugly, and you can't fix all of those with an ad blocker. They're a constant pressure to make everything retain your attention for the longest time possible, or to editorialize out content that would detract from clicking them.

You also end up paying for all this advertising indirectly, in the price of everything you buy. So you might think you get free content, but you're really not. And let's not even mention the insanity of constantly pushing everyone to consume more trash in a world that really doesn't need it.

5. phendrenad2 ◴[13 Jul 25 20:59 UTC] No.44553680[source]▶
Ad blockers still work in Chrome
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6. baby ◴[16 Jul 25 10:46 UTC] No.44580738{3}[source]▶
They just sunset the most popular extension, not sure what people actually use now