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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by aloukissas on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:05PM (#21706962)
How is this different than, say, Brave blocking in-flow YouTube ads? Minus the fact that this one is a paid app.
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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by reaperducer on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:06PM (#21706977)
It doesn't have to be different. They can both be a bad idea.
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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by avocado4 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:08PM (#21706993)
It's not different. Brave's business model of inserting themselves as a middleman and charging a ransom is awfully unethical.
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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by jaywalk on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:13PM (#21707053)
You sound like you work for Google.
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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by izacus on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:29PM (#21707268)
There's seriously no need for a personal attack.
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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by ilikehurdles on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @04:16PM (#21707092)
They did.
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Re:Show HN: I built a podcast app that skips over the ads by avocado4 on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @05:00PM (#21707653)
That's correct.
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