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by perl4ever 2961 days ago
In order to maintain access to (currently) free services without making one's computer unusable.

The problem I see is that the processing and bandwidth used by advertising are currently "as much as advertisers can get away with" and I think it's leading to a tragedy of the commons.

But I see no need to eliminate ads and free services either. There just needs to be a cap enforced on the resources used.