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> With the incessant lobbying you've done in this thread I think it's fair to ask the advertising industry for some donations which you could then use for your
by ucaetano 9y ago
> With the incessant lobbying you've done in this thread I think it's fair to ask the advertising industry for some donations which you could then use for your other big passion, offering poor people access to information.
Nice ad hominem.
I hate ads, but I know that ads fund a lot of the services and content I consume online. I always have the option to now use those services or consume that content and avoid the ads.
Heck, half of HN's commenters would be unemployed if not for ads. Which might actually be a net win for society.
- pfranz 9y agoYou're calling out other's logical fallacies but you're not adding anything to the conversation, either. You're pulling basically the same narrow quote, ignoring the rest what others are contributing. IRL microtransactions (nickels and quarters), fueled the vending machine and newspaper economy for the last century. It's a shame there's no digital equivalent because it's very difficult to make credit card transactions under $5 profitable. Also, getting rid of user-tracking wouldn't get rid of Internet ads.