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Re:Leaving Google has actively improved my life by drnick1 on Friday February 27, 2026 @06:07PM (#47187194)
> The problem is that people want a "free internet" without ads

Just run an ad blocker and be done with it. The business model of the website is not my problem; if websites cannot cover their costs without printing ads that I do not want to see, then they will disappear. We will be left with websites that are actually useful, for example businesses operating a website to sell things, or that are funded through donations (e.g. free software).

Re:Leaving Google has actively improved my life by AdrianB1 on Saturday February 28, 2026 @06:41AM (#47193984)
The business model of any website that you care is your business. Or else it may just disappear. For example, this is why we all pay a maintenance fee on a small forum that we keep for 20 years, because without that it will close. "Not my business" can easily get to "no revenue" that means "no web site".