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Re:The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching... by sidlls on Thursday February 23, 2023 @06:47PM (#34918533)
Smart phones didn’t change anything here: 99% of their users didn’t care about the “open” nature of desktops before they were a thing, too. A vanishingly small percentage of computer users care about tinkering and openness. It’s been decades since tinkerers and hackers were the majority of computer users.
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Re:The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching... by geraldhh on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:05AM (#34922546)
one could argue that the mobile era has put computers in the hands of the vast majority of people on the planet that couldn't even be bothered to operate a pc.
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Re:The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching... by hilbert42 on Friday February 24, 2023 @06:57AM (#34923606)
That tipping point was probably 1995 at latest.
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