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2026-05-07 03:15 UTC
@LovesTha @jack @Infrogmation this, and I'm happy to pay to support small content creators that don't use ads or post AI slop when I can afford to do so - more than disabling my ad blocker would net them. The ad industry has normalized the mindset that we should expect to see ads in exchange for free content. Maybe we shouldn't just accept that. Obviously not everyone can always afford to tip, but it might happen more without ad culture.
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@LovesTha@floss.social 2026-05-07 04:47
@secretsloth @jack @Infrogmation I think it is important to point at companies doing ads well. My prime example is Risky.biz podcast. It's only ads are sponsored interviews. 100% ethical because they are very transparent that "Company Y" has paid for us to interview "Person" and the interviews are interesting so they aren't skipped.