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I wonder how much money is wasted just transmitting ads over the internet. Like I get websites are getting paid for displaying them but imagine how much cheaper
by wildzzz 7mo ago
I wonder how much money is wasted just transmitting ads over the internet. Like I get websites are getting paid for displaying them but imagine how much cheaper things would be if ads weren't jacking up demands for bandwidth.
- MBCook 7mo agoNow that we have auto play video ads? Most of it.
- TheDong 7mo agoIt's not wasted bandwidth; we've reached this level of ads because brands have realized that brainwashing the populace via ads to make them want their brand is cheaper than building a better product, so the bandwidth is a small price to pay for brainwashing people. If we didn't have ads, people would not only need less bandwidth, they'd buy less physical junk, and quite possibly be happier for it.
- drnick1 7mo agoEstimates suggest that between 1/3 and 1/2 of all Internet users in the U.S. use an ad blocker.
- navigate8310 7mo agoMoney wasted by the user on a data contract is a gain for the carrier.
- coffeebeqn 7mo agoThat’s a low bar. Like crypto mining for the power company or throwing extra food out at the end of the day is revenue for the trash pickup company!
- saghm 7mo agoAgreed, this is almost a textbook example of the Parable of the Broken Window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window