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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by sbarre on Sunday June 05, 2022 @10:51AM (#31631479)
>I think advertising should be illegal but companies like Google will never let that happen. So I use software like uBlock Origin to block ads whenever I can.

Honest question (and I am not fan of advertising here and not trying to be an apologist)..

What business model replaces it, in your mind?

In the world that exists today, how do companies who provide free services online (including the creation of information) pay their staff and their operational costs, if not through being paid to display ads or sponsorships?

Do all websites become subscriptions?

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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by wahnfrieden on Sunday June 05, 2022 @11:11AM (#31631676)
The replacement is not another business model
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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by sbarre on Monday June 06, 2022 @11:05AM (#31641427)
Sure that's a nice thought.. Then reality comes knocking.
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Re:It costs $110k to fully gear up in Diablo Immortal by wahnfrieden on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @09:24AM (#31653897)
See capitalist realism
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