The people that want to make money are not de facto legitimate. Some people want analog slavery too. Some people want fascism. Some people are serial killers. Some people are Google. I see no value in those people. They do not create content I find interesting. The things they fund are opposed to my principals and democracy. Those people buy and sell a part of me to exploit and manipulate me. Those people are criminals. Those people are bad neighbors and have no place in our communities and neighborhoods. We have a right to open public commons free from piracy, pillaging, and slavery. That is the fundamental flaw. The internet is public commons, not a slave market.
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grue@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Because people who make websites want to get paid for them, payment is based on showing ads, ad companies want to maximize tracking via javascript, and if the only javascript is for ad bullshit it’s easy to block it so they force the content to load via javascript too.
It’s systemically fucked up in a way that goes beyond just the technology itself.
j4k3@piefed.world 11 hours ago
blarghly@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Guy who wants to offset the costs of his diy fursuit forums by hosting banner ads in the sidebar.
Uuuuuuuuuhhh…
Lumidaub@feddit.org 9 hours ago
Are you denying the fact of capitalism existing on the internet? All you seem to say is idealistic non-statements that don’t engage with the answers you’re getting to the question you asked (or seemed to ask).
MITM0@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
You do know that there’s a less intrusive way of advertising ? Right ?
9point6@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
You do know that advertisers want the ads to be as intrusive as they can make them? Right?
MITM0@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
We are talking about us not them
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 11 hours ago
Tl;Dr: capitalism. Capitalism cannot allow nice things to exist.
blarghly@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I mean, the alternative is that all those people who want a way to offset server costs don’t find a way to do so, and therefore pack up and go home. And then we don’t get those websites.
primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 1 hour ago
Or, we solve the underlying problem