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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not just ad-free, it's actively anti-corporate, anti-advertising, even anti-monetization.

There are upvoted positive posts and comments about

  1. the Switch 2 announcement (but not Nintendo's legal policy),

  2. the Framework advertising event last week,

  3. Valve/Steam/SteamOS/Steamdeck/Gabe Newell in general,

  4. Costco in general,

  5. EVs in general (excluding Tesla and Cybertrucks 😂),

  6. podcasts that solicit funding and carry advertising,

  7. anime and anime adjacent products,

  8. Lenovo's laptops,

  9. individuals selling stuff on Redbubble/Etsy/OnlyFans,

  10. subscription razor blade delivery (not from Amazon),

  11. and "voting with your wallet".

It'd be cool if the platform made it easier for orgs to build and interact with a following here. Niches of users really like talking about them. That doesn't mean ads, it means features that would benefit regular users as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's people just sharing their opinion freely. Word of mouth chatter is definitely not the same as advertising or even influencing, though of course they try to be.