@1984 to Technology@lemmy.ml • 8 months agoGoogle has sent internet into ‘spiral of decline’, claims DeepMind’ Mustafa Suleymanwww.telegraph.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square10arrow-up199arrow-down16cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkGoogle has sent internet into ‘spiral of decline’, claims DeepMind’ Mustafa Suleymanwww.telegraph.co.uk@1984 to Technology@lemmy.ml • 8 months agomessage-square10cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.party
minus-square@DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish-2•8 months agoNo, that’s just how it appears through the advertising revenue model. Bear in mind this model has been actively developed over the last 20+ years. Imagine of other models enjoyed that kind of attention. Consumers pay for ads in product costs. Access for poor people is a myth.
minus-squareWasPentalivelinkfedilink1•edit-28 months agoIf you are too poor to consume the advertised items/services then the actual customers of those products/services are paying for your access. I personally use an ad-blocker, but I only hate ads because they can be a vector for malware. P.s. I also use StartPage as my search engine of choice.
No, that’s just how it appears through the advertising revenue model.
Bear in mind this model has been actively developed over the last 20+ years. Imagine of other models enjoyed that kind of attention.
Consumers pay for ads in product costs. Access for poor people is a myth.
If you are too poor to consume the advertised items/services then the actual customers of those products/services are paying for your access.
I personally use an ad-blocker, but I only hate ads because they can be a vector for malware. P.s. I also use StartPage as my search engine of choice.