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by ucaetano 9y ago
GoogleBot runs only in a few datacenters in certain locations in the world with amazing connectivity. It is a horrible predictor of load times.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> I don't see why it's so important to prop up a specific failing business model. Nobody is propping up anything, let them do business. Don't like the ads? Don't access those websites. Vote with your wallet and clicks
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> Free content will continue to survive Most "free content" is paid by ads. Most hosting is paid by ads. Most online services are paid by ads. Do you ever use WhatsApp? Gone. Google Maps? Gone. Oh, that Guardian article we&#x27
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> they were they first to be subjected to these processes in the context of capitalism and imperialism Garum was processed and distributed from Roman imperial colonies across the Roman Empire. And there is no such thing as "capitali
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> They will have to come up with a real business model. You know, where they give people something they want in exchange for money. Trading attention for content is a real business model. Just because you don't like doesn't mak
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> Think of how much attention and focus people would regain for themselves. Which is worth $0 (or close to it) for them. People are willing to trade their attention for free services and content.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> That's how I know that a relatively few people can keep it all afloat. No, clicking on those ads doesn't cost anything for those few people. Now they'd actually have to pay for the content, and subsidize everyone else, w
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by ucaetano 9y ago
It wouldn't work. Ads work because you're trading something that is worth more to the publisher than to you. Let's imagine a utility currency called bananas. A piece of your attention is worth 0 bananas to you. But it is wort
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Yep, they're having to beg for funding already. Now imagine if ad revenues went away completely?
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Tracking improves targeting, increasing ad efficiency and increasing content revenue. Lowering it would mean less revenue for content creators.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Reduced economic activity, increased unemployment and poverty is for you an acceptable outcome so that you personally don't have to see ads? Wow...
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> For the first one, that might be a net win. Yeah, I'm sure that reducing economic output and driving a lot of creators out of business reducing in increased unemployment and poverty will be a net win for everyone! Wow, can't
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> Sure, a sponsorship or freemium model would cover that though. No, it wouldn't. It would only cover a small fraction of creators, and definitely not enough with money. Your attention is worth far more than the cost of the content&
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by ucaetano 9y ago
And how would you do that? Would the browser load every single page on a Google search and then badge? You can't test a page's load speed from Google's servers and then expect it to load for the user in the same way. Especial
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by ucaetano 9y ago
The vast majority of content providers would go out of business, and product discovery would largely disappear.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Why does it matter how much I like a service? Also, not everyone has enough money to pay for a service, the rest of 7B people of the world isn't as rich as hacker news readers.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> But I’m happy with this as I think Apple’s goals are more in alignment with my own as a user. Except that Apple having a monopoly on the interactions means they would extract monopolistic rents from the value chain, which will be paid,
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Improving ad targeting and therefore reducing non-productive ads, generating more revenue for creators. The better ads are, the more revenue they will generate for content creators.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Sure, but they would only make a fraction of what they make today, most creators would go out of business and most free services would be shut down.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Yeah, that would be great, almost all free content and most free services on the web would disappear! Talk about a lose-lose situation.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> spices, like salt That's the issue. Spices in the article refer to asian spices in the spice trade, unlike salt, chilli peppers, (which are not native to asia at all), Garum, etc.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Sure, which disproves the claim even more.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
Claim: "Spices were the first foods to be subjected to capitalist and imperialist processes of production and distribution." Evidence: Garum was subject to capitalist and imperialist processes of production and distribution before
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by ucaetano 9y ago
I can't recommend this enough. Eating local is very bad for the environment, unless you're eating only what grows nearby better than anywhere else.
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by ucaetano 9y ago
"Spices were the first foods to be subjected to capitalist and imperialist processes of production and distribution." No. In the Roman Empire Garum (a fermented fish sauce) was produced in industrial scale in the Iberian peninsula
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by ucaetano 9y ago
No really, it would be the same if after the fraud, Google told Facebook, Amazon, etc. about you and they rejected your business. If you commit fraud against a bank, I find it highly dubious that such bank will ever accept your business aga
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by ucaetano 9y ago
> I'm increasingly questioning whether the electric drive train and the batteries are actual difficult and novel part about building an electric car. Batteries are made by Panasonic, who can also sell to other car makers. And both G
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by ucaetano 9y ago
"please recognize them for exactly what they are: soulless, inhuman, profit maximizers that will take every inch afforded to them by the law" Let me know when you invest your savings in a company that returns lower profits because
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by ucaetano 9y ago
They didn't pay $19.2B less taxes, they just didn't pay local income taxes on those $19.2B. They would still need to pay US taxes on those $19.2B if they repatriate it.

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