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And what can we do to make the Internet a more safe and privacy friendly place and replace the ad business by something less unpleasant ?

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[-] wahming@monyet.cc 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And what can we do to make the Internet a more safe and privacy friendly place and replace the ad business by something less unpleasant ?

Start paying for stuff. Subscriptions, etc.

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 months ago

Great, so now we get to pay for the privilege of having our data harvested by 814 "partners"

Remember: "if you aren't paying for the product then you are the product" is no longer accurate, you're the product regardless of paying or not now.

[-] frostwhitewolf@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Why just make money from subscription fees when you can make EVEN MORE money by serving adds as well?

I'm just happy that I got to see the glory days of the digital world before advertising moved in.

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