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		gerash on Sept 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The $300B Google-Meta advertising duopoly is under... Everyone is all gangster about privacy and their hatred for ads until they realize they need to pay for the services they use. Do you think all the uBlock origin and other "anti ad/pro privacy" folks really pay for, say, Youtube to remove ads when they use it. Of course not. Talk is cheap

jen20 on Sept 19, 2022 | [–]

One absolute non starter is paying for any service which tracks and advertises anyway.

int_19h on Sept 19, 2022 | [–]

I'm pro-privacy and anti-ad, and I block all ads on my home network. I have a YouTube Premium subscription. I also pay for Fastmail and Kagi. So I don't think that; I know that.

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