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I've been blocking ads for so long that actually seeing them feels perverse (leminal.space)

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I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don't belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren't installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say "Download this app today". The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

no, its a hobby community and its been running since at least 2014. There is a demand for it but only in that community.

So letting it die wouldn't be an option. It's not a ton of people but I can think of lots of communities that have like 300 ish people in them who would be fucking livid if that site went down.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And 300 people couldn't find the resources to keep a small server up? For the equivalent of $1 per month each the very first VPS provider I found on a search gives you more than enough horsepower to support that small a community. https://www.nexusone.com.au/products/services/hosted-servers/vps-virtual-dedicated-server-detail

That's the very first result I found.

And you need ads to support this!?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

No, only like two people run the site.

The groups I'm talking about are the people who use the site to buy and sell the clothes on there.