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Re:Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Wor... by darkmatterrat on Friday September 24, 2021 @01:47AM (#28639025)
> The vast majority of the actual content of the internet is provided by people for free to the internet in general.

That maybe provided for free. However the hosting infrastructure is paid typically by advertising.

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Re:Apple's Power Move to Kneecap Facebook Advertising Is Wor... by yunohn on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:34AM (#28639259)
This is absolutely true. Someone needs to pay for the development and infrastructure. Even if open source, real people and machines need to exist for actual value.

NB: I vouched for your comment - not sure why people flagged it.

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