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our expanded focus on online advertising won’t be embraced by everyone in our community you don’t say
minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoConsider this: every website where you block ads is now inaccessible to you. How did that belief work out?
minus-squarerichmondez@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 hours agoAnd if everyone blocked ads and couldn’t see sites that insisted on advertising, how would that work out for the websites?
minus-squareDark Arc@social.packetloss.gglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 minutes agoTotally fine. That website does not at all benefit from your presence if you’re not paying them in any way (unless it’s a social media website).
Consider this: every website where you block ads is now inaccessible to you. How did that belief work out?
And if everyone blocked ads and couldn’t see sites that insisted on advertising, how would that work out for the websites?
Totally fine. That website does not at all benefit from your presence if you’re not paying them in any way (unless it’s a social media website).