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 ?

  • MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Yup. Just how cable TV started as “you pay extra for it, but you don’t get any ads!” and then when they realized they had everybody hooked, they started showing ads.

    Same thing with streaming services. Pay money for a service with no Ads. Oh what’s that? Now that they realize they are your primary source of content, they are going to turn ads on unless you pay extra? Boom, gottem.