I use ad blockers and open source privacy focused software whenever I can but occasionally I have to use computers that don’t belong to me or an older phone where my usual applications aren’t installed and seeing all the advertisements just feels dirty and dystopian.

I think the worst ads are the text to speech ones that say “Download this app today”. The unblinking energenic people saying you can make a living at home are probably a close second.

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    no, its a hobby community and its been running since at least 2014. There is a demand for it but only in that community.

    So letting it die wouldn’t be an option. It’s not a ton of people but I can think of lots of communities that have like 300 ish people in them who would be fucking livid if that site went down.

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        No, only like two people run the site.

        The groups I’m talking about are the people who use the site to buy and sell the clothes on there.

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          I understand that. And those people buying and selling clothes on that site can’t afford a buck a month?

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            They probably could but getting them to is another story. The ads are just easier.

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              I’m happy that the total destruction of the Internet into a Hellscape of graffiti and malware is helping your 300 people save a buck a month.

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                I mean, tell those girls that. They’ll dox your ass but I’m sure it’d be worth it to make a point about advertisers.

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                  Ah. So turning the Internet into a Hellscape of graffiti and malware is fine so that 300 idiots who can’t afford a buck a month won’t, and I quote, “dox my ass”.

                  What’s the word again for a (typically very small) minority trying to force their will on a (typically very large) majority by using actions intended to create fear? You know, actions intended to create terror in the target audience. The word’s on the tip of my tongue…

                  Fuck the 300. If they can’t afford a buck a month then their hobby can just die. I don’t want to have to put up with advertising spam on literally everything my eyes fall on just because 300 “girls” will “dox my ass”.

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                    It’s a niche hobby so they don’t really effect any part of the internet other than their own.

                    Do you know anything about Japanese Street fashion as a hobby…