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1. Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 11:48:46 UTC Dr. Quadragon ❌

   I love Internet, but the state of things on the Web is not very promising, to be honest:

   - people don't pay for stuff with money
   - there's no free lunch, stuff has to come from somewhere
   - software devs and service providers have to resort to ads to get money to keep the lights on
   - ad industry devours software and services alive

   Mozilla/Facebook deal is not THE disease, it's a symptom.

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   • Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 11:48:39 UTC Dr. Quadragon ❌

     in reply to

     • hacknorris

     @hacknorris I have no idea. In fact, nobody does.

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   • hacknorris@mastodon.social's status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 11:48:46 UTC hacknorris

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     @drq what if there is someone underaged (means - under 18, legally on site, over 16). and payments online are only 18+ . what to do then ? 😁

   • Dr. Quadragon ❌ (drq@mastodon.ml)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 11:49:22 UTC Dr. Quadragon ❌

     in reply to

     • Tenno Seremel :flag_eo:

     @tennoseremel You kinda already are.

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   • Tenno Seremel :flag_eo: (tennoseremel@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 11:49:26 UTC Tenno Seremel :flag_eo:

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     @drq If you are implying (which you probably don't) that we must pay for every site we visit, it's gonna crash and burn real fast :blobcatderpy:

   • hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 17-Feb-2022 12:07:47 UTC hypolite

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     @drq I beg to slightly differ, people pay online stuff with money, see Patreon and Twitch subscriptions. However they are discriminate in what they’re paying for. The reality is that we’re churning out more content than what people are ready to pay for. On the other side, marketing departments are showered with money because it’s hard to link campaigns with actual results, so there’s an arms race between companies. So there’s a natural fit between content creators starving for money and moneyed marketing dept. starving for content.
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