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by jonathankoren 2743 days ago
I didn’t say I didn’t have a choice. I said, there’s not a problem with this, and even people that supposed not dirtying their hands are being paid by advertising.

Let’s examine the naïveté you expressed. I work for Mozilla, which is basically a non-profit, which in turn gets its money from Google, which gets its money from advertising.

Your favorite website? How does it make money? Advertising.

Why? Because it’s about the only way to make money on the Internet. Even if you’re selling a product, how do you think anyone is going to find it it if you don’t advertise it? Even nonprofits have to “dirty” themselves by advertising.

So spare me the holier than thou routine. You’re in the muck just like everyone else.