[libraryatnight]

"...obvious monetization path that they just can't not take."

Sure they could. This notion that an unscrupulous revenue stream is justified if it pays well enough smacks of "Just following orders!"

"It happens that every man in a bank hates what the bank does, and yet the bank does it. The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it.” - Grapes of Wrath

At some point we have to stop this madness.

[neuralRiot]

Most people has been convinced throughout the years that individual actions have no effect on big corps, they need to learn that it shouldn’t matter. If you don’t agree with what a service or product provider does simply don’t buy their product find an alternative or just don’t but do it just for your own principles.

[ethbr1]

> If you don’t agree with what a service or product provider does simply don’t buy their product find an alternative

This implies antitrust has been sufficiently enforced such that there are viable alternatives in all markets.

That's not currently true.

[what]

Do you run an ad blocker? If so this feels a little hypocritical, you should just bounce from the site and seek an alternative if you don’t agree with what they do.