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[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world -3 points 3 months ago

That's not how this works. Eventually the way we search instances gets weighed heavily to the content with ads. Look at podcasts or youtube. You just can't find that OG material and it's not just because the Joe Rogan are just that much better at podcasting. It's because the ads are expensive and the system is made to sell attention.

You cannot give an inch. You either have to stand firm and never tolerate any encroachment of advertising or you have to bend over and grab the ankles and brace for the massive ad injection into all our spaces. There can never be any middle ground. Like a weed you have to be proactive and the minute you let your guard down it'll take over wearing the face of your favorite ishowspeed clone.

[-] gingernate@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Someone will fork it then. That's what I'm saying to not give an inch.

[-] Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

and then what? have the same fractional migration of users to yet another small corner of the internet?

Why not just collectively reject ads and fight for the spaces we have left instead.

[-] gingernate@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

I am rejecting add, that's why I'm on Lemmy hahaha

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