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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by rhino369 on Monday August 29, 2022 @12:29PM (#32640139)
A huge part of the reason society values those thing as practically zero is because they've nearly always been provided by companies for free.

If the ad-supported model fell apart, people would eventual change their understanding of the value of those services. They'd probably pay a decent amount for it.

But its a race to the bottom since someone will always offer ad-supported. It'll take an outside force (like ad-blocks by default or bans by governments) to actually kill off the ad-supported industry.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by SoftTalker on Monday August 29, 2022 @02:05PM (#32641392)
I pay $50/year for email, because it is broadly useful across many vendors, sites, and service providers.

I would not pay $0.50 for any walled garden social media account; I don't even have any with them being free. They are just too intrusive and too limited.

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