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" Then who pays for 99% of the websites on the internet? hosting isn't free." Those who can afford it could pay their own hosting fees, and donations, governme
by pmoriarty 5y ago
" Then who pays for 99% of the websites on the internet? hosting isn't free."
Those who can afford it could pay their own hosting fees, and donations, governments, and philanthropic foundations could subsidize the cost of hosting for those who can't.
Most businesses could of course pay for their own hosting, and even now don't operate on "free" (ad-supported) hosting services.
So, yeah, I'm not really worried about the survival of the internet if unsolicited ads were banned. There's already a glut of content being created every day, and that's unlikely to be significantly reduced.
- nicbou 5y agoI think you underestimate how much of the useful Internet is supported by ads, including affiliate links and the like. The Internet isn't entirely run by volunteers with a hosting budget. Not by a long stretch.
- andrewnicolalde 5y agoWhy do those ads need to be so aggressively targeted? I don’t mind ads related to the primary topic of the website for example. I might actually find those useful! What I have a problem with is the invasion of privacy created by highly personalized, persistent profiling of my life for the purpose of selling things to me.
- nicbou 5y agoYou moved the goalpost
- andrewnicolalde 5y agoI’m not GP.