• grue@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      They do need to earn some money after all

      If every ad-supported website went dark today, nothing of value would be lost.

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        3 months ago

        I don’t agree. As a single counter example of many YouTube has a huge wealth of information and content.

        Maybe that value isn’t worth the ads, that is much harder to say for certain. But it is clear that there is some valuable information on some sites that are supported by ads.