golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to Firefox@lemmy.mlEnglish · 18 hours agoMozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"blog.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1341arrow-down19cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareerenkoylu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-27 hours agoInternet was fine in the early 2000s before the rise of social media platforms resulted in surveillance advertisement complex. It was a different place, but worked ok.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·45 minutes agoSounds like you’re forgetting about the dot com bubble. The internet wasn’t fine abck then because nobody really had a sustainable business model.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoSurveillance advertisement was already around. Social Media platforms simply capitalized on it. And users sucked it up for “convenience”.
Internet was fine in the early 2000s before the rise of social media platforms resulted in surveillance advertisement complex.
It was a different place, but worked ok.
Sounds like you’re forgetting about the dot com bubble. The internet wasn’t fine abck then because nobody really had a sustainable business model.
Surveillance advertisement was already around.
Social Media platforms simply capitalized on it.
And users sucked it up for “convenience”.