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Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ... by RobotToaster on Monday July 15, 2024 @08:26AM (#40967217)
> Web needs to make money.

Commercial use of the internet was banned until 1991, it worked perfectly fine until then.

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Re:Firefox 128 enables "privacy-preserving" ad measurements ... by bbarnett on Monday July 15, 2024 @08:44AM (#40967362)
When I think back before big monetization, the web was better.

An example, look at TikTok or YouTube. 99.999% garbage, essentially clickbait farms, with zero valuable content.

Influencers? A plague. Political click bait videos? Harmful to democracy. Nutty flat earth, perpetual motion, conspiracy videos? Same.

The rest of the web is the same. Affiliate links are vile, evil things. And endless pages copy pasted to steal hits.

Monetization has destroyed the internet.

I'd much prefer people setting up their own small webpages, their hobbies, etc, with no monetization incentives.

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