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Tried not using an ad blocker and learned that 70% of web pages are just ads

Internet is broken

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And an amazing amount of pages are already ai generated.

AI + ads = internet is a digital blackhole of nothing inflated

Dead Internet Theory, confirmed

Dead Internet Theory. DYOR. Get away from browsers/sites and use #foss apps only.

It's so, so bad.

It’s massive ads. It makes most websites unusable or unreadable.

That’s why I always use Brave or an ad blocker.

Brave makes money through ads.

Nope. Only if you enable it.

It’s awful UX for end users … but (along with web trackers) means that we get to consume other people’s content “for free”. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Selling ad space and user data is the only way businesses know how to operate on the internet. 🤔

Freedom tech hasn’t really cracked this nut … have we? 👀

Just use a RSS feed

It's not just annoying, it's dangerous. There are tons of adds that try to blend in with content to trick people into clicking them and buying things, thinking it's part of the site they were using. There are also many adds that contain malware. Ad networks are terrible about protecting users and policing ad content. Browsing without adblockers is just too dangerous these days.

The Internet is Dead. Get away from browsers/websites. Use #foss apps only.

The last 30% quite often also an ad.