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It's a terrible option. Cryptomining in a browser is pure banditry: it's incredibly inefficient to the point the user loses way, way more than the site gains, a
by rcxdude 3y ago
It's a terrible option. Cryptomining in a browser is pure banditry: it's incredibly inefficient to the point the user loses way, way more than the site gains, and it provides basically nothing to crypto.
- geokon 3y agoWhy is it banditry.. you can opt out of going to the website. I think you're not looking at the alternative objectively.. Ads are pure brain rot that just make society worse while providing virtually nothing useful to "the user"
- Jochim 3y agoIf you're robbed by bandits you can choose not to travel on that road again. That doesn't mean that you weren't robbed the first time.
- stonogo 3y agoYour description of ads is my description of cryptocurrency.
- JoshTriplett 3y agoThe alternative to ads isn't cryptominers. The alternative is adblockers, which also block cryptominers and other unwanted malware.