Re:Reddit can't build a better search engine
by onion2k on Thursday February 17, 2022 @06:16AM
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A state of war is mostly a lose-lose situation.
It's not lose-lose though. The creator loses, but I don't. If I don't care about a specific creator (and I obviously don't if I don't pay them and I block their ads) then I'm only losing access to the content they produce, which I value at essentially zero. So, really, I'm not losing anything. I just move on to the next YouTube video/podcast/whatever.
Re:Reddit can't build a better search engine
by thrwyoilarticle on Thursday February 17, 2022 @08:17AM
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That's a misrepresentation of what's happening. They've largely not tried to solve the adblock 'problem' because users are in the minority. And yet, despite that, they've still ramped up adverts. They're always going to advertise the maximum account they can before it hinders returns - that's economics.
So I could argue that by using blockers I'm reducing the amount of advertising the populace will take and increasing the value of a given, lower level of advertising.
They are solving it, over and over, for the past 20 years. The way so far is to find new ways to shove ads down enough peoples throats. And the internet can't stop complaining about them doing so, understandably.
> Honestly, that's not my problem.
So, yeah, maybe it kinda is. A state of war is mostly a lose-lose situation.