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by collectively 3132 days ago
I mean, software companies will spin ads any way they can to get engineers interested. That’s their prerogative. It doesn’t mean any of it is true—the world is 100% worse off due to ads, and no amount of smooth scrolling animations is going to change that.
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> the world is 100% worse off due to ads

Do you have the source for that? Personally, most of the modern targeted ads I notice are a net gain for my life. Do you have a different experience?