• artyom@piefed.social
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    1 day ago

    Blocking them is an asshole move

    An asshole move is designing a site that bogs down your computer so that they can try and sell you garbage while simultaneously collecting and feeding data about the sites you visit to a corporate surveillance network in order to more effectively sell you more garbage.

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      1 day ago

      An asshole move is consuming other people’s work without giving them something in return and then bitching at anyone that accurately points out you’re a leech

      But yes, the current ads based system is mighty broken. I did touch on that, so did the comment before me, and I’m surprised an expansion felt needed