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We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads [video]

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Re: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads [video]

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Post by gonzo41 »

wizzwizz4 wrote: post #45
bigyabai wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> bought an extension called UnTrap for YouTube I will never understand this. My ex bought tons of extensions to do stuff with Safari that other browsers do for free. He paid for a PiP extention for some websites, password managers, Tomagachi pets... dozens of trinket apps that would be depreciated in 2 or 3 major updates. I'm continually wowed by Mac users that insist on paying for a native solution to a problem tha…

In a capitalist society, paying for software is good, actually.

That's just propaganda. Our society is more like kings and serfs that capitalist these days.

Re: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads [video]

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Post by leereeves »

sssilver wrote: post #51

Am I right that the only truly systemic solution to the problem of ads is government regulation, with communism as its final degree?

I would say communism is the final degree of "government as provider" not of "government as regulator". The final degree of regulation could be any variety of authoritarianism.

Re: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads [video]

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Post by sdoering »

sssilver wrote: post #51

Am I right that the only truly systemic solution to the problem of ads is government regulation, with communism as its final degree?

Why would communism be the end of the spectrum?

I actually don’t understand the thinking process behind that inevitability.

Mind to elaborate?

Re: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads [video]

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Post by blacklight »

The irony of watching this 2017 TED video in 2025, and find out that my NoScript extension reports half a dozen of JS trackers and ads providers on this page - including Google, doubleclick.net, sail-personalize and sail-track.

Oh, and if you navigate to this page without NoScript, AdBlocker or a PiHole DNS you'll probably be presented with a cookie consent banner, a bunch of ads on the page and before watching the video, and your data being shared with at least half a dozen partners (a number that can increase dramatically if you visit the page of any news outlet instead of ted.com).

So yeah, I guess that the message of this video aged like fine wine.

Re: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads [video]

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Post by alganet »

somebehemoth wrote: post #25
alganet wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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They don't sound upset at all to me. In fact, they are saying they are fine with you having your world view. To be fair, you acted upon your feelings enough to engage in discussion.

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