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802 points csmantle | 1 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source

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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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Workaccount2 ◴[13 Jul 25 13:15 UTC] No.44550230[source]▶

>>44548951 #

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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1. thrance ◴[13 Jul 25 14:17 UTC] No.44550621[source]▶

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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.

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