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Re:Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Wor... by amelius on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:40AM (#28638986)
> People “want” the free content and services that this advertising has been paying for.

Eventually people pay for advertising.

First, we pay with our data, and then we pay for the ads too (in the form of more expensive products). We pay twice!

And people don't want these services as most are perfectly fine without them.

Re:Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Wor... by boloust on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:02AM (#28639100)
Is the data valuable without ads to monetize it?