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minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoOnline advertising is a cancer I would say. When I get an ad mailer I’ll look through pretty much the whole thing, because it’s most likely local businesses and I know just looking won’t come back to bite me in any way.
minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·7 hours agoOTOH, serving content is not free and something needs to pay the hosting/publishing bills. The problem IMO is invasive ad serving tech and deceptive ads, which are often both uncurated and deceptive.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoSure, serving content isn’t free. Maybe we don’t need to serve so much damn content then.
Advertising is a cancer.
Online advertising is a cancer I would say. When I get an ad mailer I’ll look through pretty much the whole thing, because it’s most likely local businesses and I know just looking won’t come back to bite me in any way.
OTOH, serving content is not free and something needs to pay the hosting/publishing bills.
The problem IMO is invasive ad serving tech and deceptive ads, which are often both uncurated and deceptive.
Sure, serving content isn’t free. Maybe we don’t need to serve so much damn content then.