Re:Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites
by adambyrtek on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:25PM
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Interesting question, since the web used to exist and work just fine before online advertising. I'm not saying that we should go back in time, but claiming that ads are a requirement for the web to exist is a slight overstatement.
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Re:Stripe records user movements on its customers' websites
by joshuamorton on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @03:37PM
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> Interesting question, since the web used to exist and work just fine before online advertising.
For what definition of "work"? There were static informational pages and....not much else. Content that requires upkeep requires revenue requires either ads or access fees, usually.