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minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down7·1 day 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-up9·21 hours agoSure, serving content isn’t free. Maybe we don’t need to serve so much damn content then.
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.