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We're all complaining and blaming the big corporations for the pitiful state the internet got to be now but seems we are all contributing our little to bring it even lower. Because corporations pay, I know, but we are the ones pulling the trigger.
We're all complaining and blaming the big corporations for the pitiful state the internet got to be now but seems we are all contributing our little to bring it even lower. Because corporations pay, I know, but we are the ones pulling the trigger.
The internet was just fine before it was turned into an ad delivery platform.
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As far as I know, current ad blockers can't block ads from Widevine (DRM protected) streams, so I guess it's only a matter of time until Chromium team comes up with Widevine for webpages and then it's game over for normal consumers.
While i know its evil, i always wished widevine was an option for creating captchas. Most captcha solutions are defeated by services like 2captcha.net and generally aren't the most privacy respecting.
We're all complaining and blaming the big corporations for the pitiful state the internet got to be now but seems we are all contributing our little to bring it even lower. Because corporations pay, I know, but we are the ones pulling the trigger.
It's funny how scarce the "I'd be willing to pay for good content, but alas, there is no option" claim has become since websites have started widely implemented paid ad-free accounts or outright paywalls
I've never seen someone angry that a supermarket won't give them a newspaper for free, but when it's online this is apparently a valid complaint
This makes sense, but I guess adblockers could just start loading the data and not show it to the user?
This makes sense, but I guess adblockers could just start loading the data and not show it to the user?
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The internet was just fine before it was turned into an ad delivery platform.
If you do not like the ads, just stop visiting sites that show ads...