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And what can we do to make the Internet a more safe and privacy friendly place and replace the ad business by something less unpleasant ?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Paying for a service is generally going to result in less of a push to monetize the data though, especially if it's a smaller provider or a private company.

We can't just give up and stick with ad supported services, but then not want to see ads... Ad-supported services are always going to have to try monetize you somehow, whereas paid services don't always need to.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

But most will anyway. Why leave extra money sitting on the table?