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Or just ban ads. There will be no surveillance capitalism if the data wasn't monetized through targeted ads.

• lukan 1y ago
  Current direction seems to be rather banning ad blockers. I am still amazed how anyone can stand surfing the web without.
  • greyman 1y ago
    Another direction is that more and more content is directly put on social media. I found I am visiting websites less and less, I even dont care about ad blockers anymore (YT is an exception).
    • roscas 1y ago
      I see youtube being behind a subscription model. I would pay. If a service is good, I see no wrong on paying for that.
      • lukan 1y ago
        "If a service is good, I see no wrong on paying for that." Unfortunately those willing to pay, are the most valuable tracking and advertisement target.
        • littlestymaar 1y ago
          And that why every subscription service end up having ads after a while (with the ad-free version being promoted to a more expensive tier, or disappearing altogether).