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Re:Startpage is now owned by an advertising company by graaben on Sunday October 27, 2019 @07:50PM (#21373242)
The biggest issue that I have with companies like System1 is that a huge portion of their business model is tricking technically un-savvy people into clicking on ads they otherwise would not want to click on. How is that adding any value to society, other than a check in the pocket of the middle man?
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Re:Startpage is now owned by an advertising company by lonelappde on Sunday October 27, 2019 @08:36PM (#21373435)
The money comes from advertisers eventually, who are funded by sales, so the question becomes -- are those sale making the purchaser happy more than making nonpurchasers unhappy?
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