• RandomVideos@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Threads can only display ads on their app

    if lemmy.world adds ads, people can just not use the lemmy.world website

    As far as i know they cant force other apps to show ads

    • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      Threads can only display ads on their app

      What is stopping them from adding ads to the website?

      if lemmy.world adds ads, people can just not use the lemmy.world website

      That's what I imagine happening, a few people can't stand it and leave or use uBlock, and the rest of the userbase gets served ads

      As far as i know they cant force other apps to show ads

      Not unless ads are a footer or something in post or comment content. That's an intellectual property gray area, I wonder what will happen.

      • silent_water [she/her]
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        1 year ago

        eugh, if they embedded them as posts, they'd be federating the ads as well.