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I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don't belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren't installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say "Download this app today". The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
  1. And 300 people couldn't find the resources to keep a small server up? For the equivalent of $1 per month each the very first VPS provider I found on a search gives you more than enough horsepower to support that small a community. https://www.nexusone.com.au/products/services/hosted-servers/vps-virtual-dedicated-server-detail

That's the very first result I found.

And you need ads to support this!?

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

No, only like two people run the site.

The groups I'm talking about are the people who use the site to buy and sell the clothes on there.

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

I understand that. And those people buying and selling clothes on that site can't afford a buck a month?

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

They probably could but getting them to is another story. The ads are just easier.

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

I'm happy that the total destruction of the Internet into a Hellscape of graffiti and malware is helping your 300 people save a buck a month.

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

I mean, tell those girls that. They'll dox your ass but I'm sure it'd be worth it to make a point about advertisers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah. So turning the Internet into a Hellscape of graffiti and malware is fine so that 300 idiots who can't afford a buck a month won't, and I quote, "dox my ass".

What's the word again for a (typically very small) minority trying to force their will on a (typically very large) majority by using actions intended to create fear? You know, actions intended to create terror in the target audience. The word's on the tip of my tongue...

Fuck the 300. If they can't afford a buck a month then their hobby can just die. I don't want to have to put up with advertising spam on literally everything my eyes fall on just because 300 "girls" will "dox my ass".

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

It's a niche hobby so they don't really effect any part of the internet other than their own.

Do you know anything about Japanese Street fashion as a hobby...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If they perpetrate and normalize advertising-driven income, they effect every part of the Internet. That's the whole point of this entire thread: ads are the Original Sin™ of the Internet and shit little sites like this perpetuate this toxic mix.

If they can't pay a buck a month for themselves, their hobby deserves to die.