• BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    2 days ago

    Fuck advertisers at this point.

    Maybe in 1999 I was still with you, but they’ve continually shown, not just disregard for out concerns, but a flat out “fuck you” malicious adversarialism.

    So fuck all advertisers at this point. Every fucking last one of them.

    I will block them every way I can. I will poison their tracking. I will do everything I can to fuck with them.

    Don’t be an apologist for their bullshit.

    And if you bring up the “well websites will cost you then”. That’s a whole lotta not my problem. If you want to host a server, that’s your problem how to pay for it.

    I currently pay for my internet, and you want me to subsidize your ads by paying my ISP to deliver those ads.

    I also pay for my own VPS, and related services, for stuff I want to do, such as provide some services to family and friends. Should I serve ads to them to subsidize my server costs?

    • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      I don’t think there’s a reality where advertising disappears entirely. However I do think there is one where advertising is simply less-invasive, which is what companies like Mozilla, Brave, and Ad Nauseum advocate for.