alt Hacker NewsI don't understand why people are upset. How do you monetize free users? Ads. What other websites do this? All of them. Not controversial. Not an issue.
Ads are what gets me property and news flash, they aren't going away.
I don't understand why people are upset. How do you monetize free users? Ads. What other websites do this? All of them. Not controversial. Not an issue.
Ads are what gets me property and news flash, they aren't going away.
It's just disappointing that this is the best society could come up with. Advertising is exploitive, this is well studied, but it is also just kind of a lame outcome.
I also wonder if the dollars and cents work out, the cost to provide the service to show the ads on is astronomical in comparison to other ad networks, but I don't have details enough to make any claims on that aspect.