It's the exact opposite. Advertising-based model is why the poorest people in the poorest countries in the world have had access to the exact same Google search, YouTube and Facebook as the richest people in the US. Ad-supported business models are the great equalizers of wealth.

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Mehvix 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Subsidizing the poor via ads is what we cheer for? bike theif brained understanding

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vikinghckr 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes giving people with fewer resources an option to pay with their attention is a morally good thing for society, actually.

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tadfisher 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Even better, morally, to give the product to them without harvesting their attention or personal data

	▲	vikinghckr 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		No, that's charity, which while morally great is not sustainable at scale and in the long run.