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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by jarebear6expepj on Monday March 27, 2023 @09:54PM (#35334844)
>Well, not end users. They're getting ads.

I think advertising is a powerful way to support 'free'ish content and there are ways to use advertising tastefully. People who don't want to participate have options to opt out and are obviously welcome to not make server requests.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by qup on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:39AM (#35342817)
I'm supposed to accurately predict whether a website will serve me ads or not, before I've ever connected to it?

Right, not sure why we didn't think of that sooner.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by jarebear6expepj on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @03:10PM (#35346266)
Always wear a helmet when browsing the World Wide Web.
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