The discussion around Ad blocking is, while definitely a needed discussion, is so rife with confusion, dishonesty and and self-serving ideology that we are going to kill the internet while being absolutely 100% sure that never giving compensation for value did not do any damage or play any part in making the internet suck.

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horsawlarway 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Oh give it a rest.

You want to talk about killing a system... look at all the perverse incentives that pop up when companies are allowed to sell user attention instead of decent services and products.

If the modern social media internet dies because of ad-blockers... good damn riddance.

	▲	WarmWash 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The alternative is a class based internet where people with money have access to all the services and people without money get the smallest/worse resources. Everyone takes for granted, or is unaware, that the structure of the current internet is unbelievably progressive (money doesn't matter, attention does, and everyone has the same 24 hours of attention to sell), and yet here we are desperately trying to get away from it. P.S. The 90's internet is dead and isn't coming back. I'm uninterested in engaging if you think bringing back geocities and IRC is a legitimate strategy that the whole of society would happily jump right into. I can already see my mom uninstalling instagram to hop on mIRC.

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mikestew 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

… or play any part in making the internet suck.

Right, it’s the ad-blocking that’s making the internet suck. You’re going to hurt your lower back carrying that much water.