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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by ihateolives on Monday June 12, 2023 @04:15AM (#36290011)
> The idea that you'd willingly use an app with baked-in ads is insane to me

Do you have any friends outside tech circles?

Any time I see friends from non-tech industry browse web on their computers I wince so hard. I can't understand how they stand it but it's normal for them. It's also normal for them to wait few secons until pages/apps load because all the crap. Those people make up 99,9% of users everywhere except select sites like HN.

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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by yard2010 on Monday June 12, 2023 @05:46AM (#36290793)
I never realized how fast the web is today with no ads, esp. on mobile! I am never going back, ads are cancer for me, this is not how I roll
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Re:Before Reddit and Digg, there was Fark. Then a user-hosti... by algas on Monday June 12, 2023 @06:19AM (#36291130)
Ads and websites in general have been expanding to fill available space for years, so it's hard to notice how large that space has gotten. Browsing without ads is like unclipping a ball and chain.
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