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Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App by johncessna on Monday June 16, 2025 @04:48PM (#44293256)
Morally Righteous? I think it's more they don't have to so they don't. It's like the DVR days where you'd just fast forward ads. It wasn't a moral high ground, it was just easy to do and was better than the alternative.
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Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App by card_zero on Monday June 16, 2025 @05:59PM (#44293784)
Dutifully watching the ads doesn't seem moral either, it seems insane.
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Re:WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App by ndriscoll on Monday June 16, 2025 @09:40PM (#44294977)
I do actually think that putting ads in front of children at least is immoral, and it is neglectful not to block ads for kids in the same way that it is to just hand them an unfiltered violence-and-porn device.

It's probably at least irresponsible to not block ads for an elderly parent who's starting to experience cognitive decline.

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