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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by freeone3000 on Monday August 29, 2022 @12:09PM (#32639895)
"The key thing that most people in tech don't appear to grok very easily is that the overwhelming majority of web services like search engines, social media, ad-driven news websites, etc are all things that users place practically zero value on."

Then why did we build them? This seems like a massive waste of effort.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by abraae on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:00PM (#32642817)
Because of scale. A few bucks value per user adds up when there are billions of users.
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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by onion2k on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:55PM (#32643441)
The things themselves are very useful. They're just not things people will pay for. It's quite weird.
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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by LocalH on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @08:50AM (#32661402)
Why does everything have to be something someone would pay for, to keep it from devolving into some of the most disgusting behavior? Why is money always the primary driving factor? Society will remain stuck until we realize that money should not be the driving factor for everything.
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