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[–] DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] waspentalive@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.