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by scarface_74 440 days ago
Users get services for free. If users didn’t value the ad Tech companies offerings, they wouldn’t use the service.

I’m not saying I like ad-tech. I use ad blockers, refuse to use any ad supported app that doesn’t have a method I can pay to remove ads, and I pay for ad free experiences for all of my streaming services and I pay to receive a number of ad free podcasts.

But let’s not pretend that users get nothing of value from Google or even Facebook.

On the other hand, I don’t hate myself enough to work for any ad tech company.