They are but content and services need to make money some how. Either you pay with your attention / eyes, with your data, or your wallet. Nothing is free and honestly not sure it should be. People need to be compensated for their time and energy. If they weren’t, nothing would be built.
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Still ANOYING ! 🥹😜
Rational...
...but, I like to think about the internet, (some) software, (some) services as public good -- common infra, like roads -- a funding from taxetion would be a good solution. In this way libre software and public services would have funding. Humanity would benefit from such approach.
...ads are really not healthy for society, esp in the amount we are being get now.
I agree, there are way too many. I saw this as a guy that sells ad space for a living. The way they are targeted is a problem, the amount that is spent trying to get people to buy shit they don’t need is a problem, it honestly the system needs to be reworked. But we all know how willing the powers that be are to having their system reworked. 😅