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[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Great choice of website:

Independent journalism is made possible by advertising.

That is the polar opposite of the truth.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

NoteBookCheck is a legit website, what issue do you have with them? I always found their reviews and information and testing to be high quality

This is like shitting on GamersNexus because they removed some shitty product in every video to make money

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The dude who wrote the message you responded to is probably a Linux user and privacy weirdo or something.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

This is Lemmy. EVERYONE is either a Linux user, a privacy weirdo or both.

Source: I'm both

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

...we need normal people on this platform...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The dude who wrote the message you responded to is probably a Linux user and privacy weirdo or something.

I can understand the Linux part not being common.

But to say privacy is a weird thing is really sad. The average person should go out of their way to be privacy-conscious. In the US, we got people getting arrested for miscarriage, people getting on lists for watching YouTube videos/, and companies now getting people's ID before they can visit a site.

Not being privacy-conscious is just being stupid.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

But to say privacy is a weird thing is really sad

That's not what was said.

They said "they're probably one of those privacy weirdos", which is different.

I value privacy and am conscious of it, more so than the average user. I choose, willingly and knowingly, to use certain services that damage my privacy in exchange for their services.

The "privacy weirdos" are the people who see that statement and go "well you shouldn't ever be using service x because it's not secure you stupid dipshit! Just use service y, it's FOSS and has half the features but it respects privacy so it's better in every way!"

Dunno how the person got "I'm a privacy nut" from "ads aren't good for journalism" tho, that doesn't track

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

They should be preaching their privacy thingies to the people in real life, not on the internet 🙄 for maximum reach, like how the evangelists do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Agreed. Lemmy shall be the tool to increase Linux adoption.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I showed up because of the IPO at that one website.

Me, the laziest person ever, motivated to come here. Truly an accomplishment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Neither of them.
I appreciate more privacy but I will not limit or even chastize myself.

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

If neither, may I introduce you to our Lord savior Linus Torvalds?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I mean, for some of the stuff I've seen here I wouldn't even necessarily disagree with a comment like this but the OP saying advertising violates journalistic integrity has literally nothing to do with that. That's just common sense.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

"People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs."

– Banksy

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Either you pay for access like the good old newspaper by gatekeeping the page or run unrelated ads from google AdWords and get paid by people clicking on them.