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F-Droid exploring to include paid apps, in-apps, subscription, and ads in app (f-droid.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/android@lemdro.id
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cross-posted from: https://r.nf/post/1771956

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[–] 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

F-Droid is also considering ads that contain no tracking, which removes that moral dillema, IMO:

You assume everybody is okay with ads.

I'm not. My brainspace has been highjacked since I was a little kid by stupid advertisers. To this day, I remember ads for products that have disappeared decades ago and that I never gave a shit about at any point in my life.

Why are advertisers allowed to force their shit into my head?

I hate ads. I'm utterly intolerant of advertising. I hate the tracking and the malware that come with ads, but I hate ads even more. There are no moral ads. The advertisement industry is a despicable leech that needs to die.

If F-Droid springs this shit on me, I swear to god I'm gonna start having murderous thoughts...

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Would you pay a monthly fee for everything? YouTube Facebook Reddit random site you visit. We would need like a found in our browser and every site you visited took there chunk out or something like that. People seem to forget this stuff costs money to run.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If the service is worth it and subscribing isn't yet another opportunity to put me under surveillance - which is the main reason why, although I consume a lot of YouTube videos and I would genuinely pay Google for the service, I won't - yes.

    Hint: Facebook and Reddit aren't worth it. If they want to exit the ad-supported business model and disappear behind a paywall, I won't miss anything in my life.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    My brainspace has been highjacked since I was a little kid by stupid advertisers. To this day, I remember ads for products that have disappeared decades ago and that I never gave a shit about at any point in my life.

    Why are advertisers allowed to force their shit into my head?

    I hate ads. I’m utterly intolerant of advertising.

    This. So much this.

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