Thankfully the community is starting to push back organically. A lot of us are no longer willing to use ad supported services that abuse us because of their bad incentives.
When a service uses ads for support, the person paying them is not the consumer but rather a disinterested third party. That creates very perverse incentives, but with a neutral censorship resistant digital money services can monetize without having to rely on ad revenue.
Here’s a great example:
https://blog.getalby.com/block-ads-and-pay-in-bitcoin-today/
MachuPikacchu / Machu Pikacchu
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2024-05-17 22:44:57
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