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 ?

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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    7 months ago

    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 ?

    back-to-me-shining JB-shining-aggro stalin-shining mao-aggro-shining

      • Nakoichi [they/them]
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        7 months ago

        Each one of those people were instrumental in improving the lives of millions, even billions, of people.

        Shut the fuck up lib.

          • Nakoichi [they/them]
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            7 months ago

            Go back to reddit you sound like a reddit bot lmao.

            Like you have just responded twice in a row with what look like canned responses from a chatGPT bot trained on the most insufferable redditors.

            Also go fuck yourself you are not my comrade.

  • fckreddit@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I had high 700s, where even 1 is more than I can stomach. Thank devs for uBlock Origin.

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    I think I saw 1500 this week somewhere....

    All I want to know is, how can it be profitable to be an ad broker at that point?

  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip
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    7 months ago

    I think I recently saw ~840 somewhere.

    To replace the current big tech business, I have a few suggestions:

    1. Use FOSS (Free and open source software)
    2. If this is not possible, try to find software that does not invade your privacy and made by a smaller company
    3. Try to avoid paying privacy invading companies. I'm not saying never pay for proprietary software, but try to only spend the money on ones that respect you.
    4. Spread the word about good FOSS apps
    5. Donate to FOSS
    6. Vote for politicians who are serious about antitrust
    7. If you have the skills, contribute to FOSS or make your own software!
    8. Use adblockers on websites that don't respect you and/or your privacy
  • wahming@monyet.cc
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    7 months ago

    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 ?

    Start paying for stuff. Subscriptions, etc.

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    I'm pretty sure I've seen four digits. That was a "lol no".

    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 ?

    Websites have to pay their bills. Ads, subscriptions or microtransactions; take your pick.

    The one way I can think of that would retain the anonymous character of the internet would be HTTP microtransactions by some kind of crypto. Hopefully one of the non-wasteful ones, so not Bitcoin.

  • BruceLee@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    I believe it was a bit under 900 vendors. I'm gonna take a capture next time I break your record and posted it back here. It would be fun competiting.

  • Teapot [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    These e-polycules are getting out of hand 😳