alt Hacker NewsThere certainly is a contradiction, but it's so deeply ingrained that using ad blockers is OK that people can't see it even when it's right in front of their faces.
If everyone used 100% effective ad blockers, Alphabet (minus GCP) and Meta would not exist, and nor would the very large number of free-as-in-beer services that make up a large part of what makes the internet useful to people.
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vkou • today at 2:37 AM
> nor would the very large number of free-as-in-beer services that make up a large part of what makes the internet useful to people.
Whatever replaced them could hardly be worse than the shit we currently have. I refuse to believe we live in a global maximum.
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> If everyone used 100% effective ad blockers, Alphabet (minus GCP) and Meta would not exist
Sounds incredible. How do we make this paradise happen?