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isodev ◴[] No.45141438[source]
Oh nice. I hope other countries follow suit. It’s quite a shame Google didn’t get Chrome divested from them in the US, would’ve been a “nature is healing” moment for the web.
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roscas ◴[] No.45141539[source]
"would’ve been a “nature is healing” moment for the web". I wish this was true.

The healing will be when all ads and marketing will be down to zero. This companies like Facebook and Google make their billions putting on your face what you don't want or need and someone else pays them good money for that.

You may think it's too radical but we must make marketing illegal. Then fix the web.

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kyrra ◴[] No.45141713[source]
This is a pipe dream. Advertising always has existed and always will. It comes and goes in different forms, but people like selling things they make or services they provide. Without a way of getting those things in front of people, nothing new could come to light.

I agree that some sites make advertisements a massive eyesore, but that's a problem that can be solved in other ways.

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idle_zealot ◴[] No.45142400{3}[source]
> Without a way of getting those things in front of people, nothing new could come to light

This argument sounds intuitive, but are we really sure about that? People willingly seek out marketing materials to find things they want to buy. I've seen people flip through coupon books and catalogs as idle entertainment. That plus word of mouth may well be sufficient to keep knowledge of new products and such in circulation. Hell, it might even yield better-informed consumers, allowing the market to function more efficiently.

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1. Spivak ◴[] No.45151548{4}[source]
Facebook but for product discovery would be amazing. Their algorithm is scary good, let me sit in the driver's seat when I'm shopping around and I'll have no complaints. It's the "every surface your eyes will ever touch will have ads intermixed in" I have a problem with.