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by lowdose 2041 days ago
> ALL Ads are bad. No Ads should be allowed. And yet at the same time they are enjoying all the free tools and website build upon this business model.

And then also the notion that ALL data gathered intrude privacy. And somehow anyone on the Internet should be anonymous, may be that is not even the right word, may be invisible could be used to better describe it.

Let's name it the Thiel paradox. Maybe then this flavor of cognitive dissonance is better captured and told further.