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BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I don’t think that’s a very fair assessment. We are a lot more aware of what “free“ is now. We weren’t informed consumers.

I also think more than ever people are now questioning what free means. So I’m not really sure how we are conditioned to trade for free when more than ever people are questioning it and adopting things like VPNs and adblockers to reassert their privacy.

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brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

While 52% of Americans said they use an adblocker, which is up 18% from a 2022 analysis by Statista, that figure grew to 66% for experienced advertisers (those with five or more years of ad experience).

via Ghostery

Yuge numbers!

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- BolexForSoup@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I might’ve misremembered it then! Probably 25% of internet users. It was from the “enshittification” defcon talk
  
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