utxo the webmaster 🧑💻
1w ago
Gm
Tried not using an ad blocker and learned that 70% of web pages are just ads
Internet is broken
Tried not using an ad blocker and learned that 70% of web pages are just ads
Internet is broken
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Arjen
@Arjen
1w ago
The last 30% quite often also an ad.
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Skipper
@Skipper
1w ago
Cpt. Charisma
@Cpt. Charisma
1w ago
It's not just annoying, it's dangerous. There are tons of adds that try to blend in with content to trick people into clicking them and buying things, thinking it's part of the site they were using. There are also many adds that contain malware. Ad networks are terrible about protecting users and policing ad content. Browsing without adblockers is just too dangerous these days.
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ManiMe
@ManiMe
♥︎ by author
1w ago
It’s awful UX for end users … but (along with web trackers) means that we get to consume other people’s content “for free”. 🤷🏻♂️
Selling ad space and user data is the only way businesses know how to operate on the internet. 🤔
Freedom tech hasn’t really cracked this nut … have we? 👀
Selling ad space and user data is the only way businesses know how to operate on the internet. 🤔
Freedom tech hasn’t really cracked this nut … have we? 👀
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Skipper
@Skipper
1w ago
Just use a RSS feed
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Joseph Hurtado - Founder Granata Consulting
@josephfounder
1w ago
It’s massive ads. It makes most websites unusable or unreadable.
That’s why I always use Brave or an ad blocker.
That’s why I always use Brave or an ad blocker.
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Skipper
@Skipper
1w ago
Brave makes money through ads.
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Joseph Hurtado - Founder Granata Consulting
@josephfounder
1w ago
Nope. Only if you enable it.
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Gigi
@Gigi
♥︎ by author
1w ago
It's so, so bad.
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Crusty 👨💻
@Crusty 👨💻
♥︎ by author
1w ago
And an amazing amount of pages are already ai generated.
AI + ads = internet is a digital blackhole of nothing inflated
AI + ads = internet is a digital blackhole of nothing inflated
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Skipper
@Skipper
1w ago
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Abstract Equilibrium
@Abstract Equilibrium
1w ago
Dead Internet Theory, confirmed
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