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We're better off the way things are, when compared to before. I'm not saying things are perfect, or even good, but we're definitely better than before. You com
by monsieurbanana 10y ago
We're better off the way things are, when compared to before. I'm not saying things are perfect, or even good, but we're definitely better than before.
You complain about ads, but think about what they enable. How many times do you use google per day? It lives off ads. Do you use any social network? They live off ads.
Ads are certainly not the best way for us to obtain those kind of commodities, but between having them and not having anything I still choose them.
- khedoros1 10y ago> You complain about ads, but think about what they enable. Saying that the ends justify the means certainly simplifies things. It's not a compelling argument to me; I suppose that I'm too much of an idealist. > Do you use any social network? They live off ads. Indeed, they do. And I use the benefit of my education to block them every way that I can, pushing the cost onto others. Without ads, or at least some kind of financial support, networks like that would fall apart. Necessity being the mother of invention, and interpersonal connections being necessary, we'd invent another solution. I like the idea of small, independent, federated social networks, but I don't know that they'd actually be practical.