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Re:Vivaldi co-founder: Advertisers 'stole the internet from us' by paxys on Sunday March 12, 2023 @12:02PM (#35121736)
You can continue to stick to your 90s hobbyist and research circles of the internet if you want. They haven't gone anywhere.

The fact that billions more are online now is not a mistake.

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Re:Vivaldi co-founder: Advertisers 'stole the internet from us' by rchaud on Sunday March 12, 2023 @03:27PM (#35124991)
"Doing their own thing" is quite a big claim. Facebook and others would not have had teams of psychologists and neuroscientists on staff to maximize user's screen time if they were OK with people doing their own thing.
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