[Dead Company Refugee] I've not seen a single ad... (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

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First post on the glorious Fediverse. I joined the moment the protest start, and I have to say, I have yet to see a single advertisement, targetted or otherwise, sans a few honest (fedditors? Don't hang me) offering commission work. I was born just in time to see the death of IRC and the birth of targetted advertising and social media headed by corporate interest. Mark my words, Lemmy, I ain't going back. I really hope this is the start of a shift to a renewed, decentralized internet.

PS. Who do I donate to? Is there a patreon for Lemmy or general instances?

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I mean, a big part of why reddit wants to get rid of third party apps is that they weren't serving its ads.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

But that was not the app's fault. Reddit's own API would not send ads to the apps.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, but that's kind of beside the point here. My question was why a user of Reddit would choose to use the ad riddled official app instead of an ad free third party one

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