Wherever I go, I often see the sentiment "This website has ads, so it's trash" pop up in conversations. And honestly I don't quite get why. 90% of the internet has always had ads, you just scroll past them and mind your business. At least they're personalized now so you can pick a topic you like instead of diapers and miscellanous spammy trash as there once were.

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago

Just be careful because just because ads aren't intrusive doesn't mean they don't track you. If ads were hosted locally on a website and not part of a big ad network then ad-blockers would be pretty ineffective anyway.

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