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by xatan_dank 3337 days ago
>this value is worth more to society than ads

That's a bit of a lofty statement with no accompanying argument whatsoever. I think current technology has been wholly negative on society.

>I don't have money to pay for every service I want

So you've decided to exchange your personal data and (in some cases) your computers safety to use them on credit? Maybe you should rethink that. Also, there are services you can use which exist which do not sustain themselves with advertisements.
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Broken_Hippo 3337 days ago
That's a bit of a lofty statement with no accompanying argument whatsoever. I think current technology has been wholly negative on society.

In all fairness, you didn't provide any either. Most things have a mixed outcome, some good and some bad. It can be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

So you've decided to exchange your personal data and (in some cases) your computers safety to use them on credit? Maybe you should rethink that. Also, there are services you can use which exist which do not sustain themselves with advertisements.

The safety counts for very little if advertising-free web browsing means you aren't truly using the internet.Sure, those services exist, but the free ones are few. HN wouldn't be very usable, for example, if I refused to click on sites that happen to have advertisements.

So yes, between being short on cash and wanting to actually get use out of the internet - including being able to easily and cheaply talk to my family overseas - I'll deal with it. Something else might be right for you, and that's fine.

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praneshp 3337 days ago
> I think current technology has been wholly negative on society.

That's a bit of a lofty statement with no accompanying argument whatsoever.

We could go on and on, no? Also, he did say "Advertising allows people with no means to use the internet", so there was an accompanying argument.

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accountyaccount 3337 days ago
>That's a bit of a lofty statement with no accompanying argument whatsoever.

That's a bit of a lofty statement with no accompanying argument whatsoever.

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xatan_dank 3337 days ago
I'm glad someone was able to figure out what I meant.
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marcosdumay 3337 days ago
> So you've decided to exchange your personal data and (in some cases) your computers safety to use them on credit?

And in way too many cases, it's more than worth it!

We could have better ads, that don't require any privacy or safety loss from our side, and blocking ads does set things the way they need to be for those ads to appear. But no, I can't agree that ads are inherently bad.

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