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Lauchs

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  • Hard decisions

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  • That's a silly slogan, I get the appeal but I think it's just an easy way to avoid taking responsibility for our own decisions.

    At the very least, there is better and worse consumption. It is utter nonsense to say that buying something made possible by modern day slavery is the same as paying a local artisan for something.

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  • I like that viewpoint, I just don't think it really applies to most people.

    I'm sure many people have causes about which they care but beyond ranting online, I'd suggest very little of it gets translated to action.

    I think you're right, people are tired, have limited energy etc but having volunteered at a few charities and seeing how desperate so many are for volunteers who aren't retired, well, it makes you a little cynical.

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  • Any second hand store means you're not contributing to the problem!

    And look at what people are wearing on any downtown street and ask how much that outfit cost etc.

  • Hard decisions

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  • I love the notion of a Mcdonald's employee needing MFA.

    Or that the only reason people buy smartphones is for MFA (in the years before widespread MFA, I'm sure they were getting them because they knew MFA was just around the corner.)

    Edit: I think it's just easier to admit people don't really give a fuck about other folks if it would cost them anything. Walk down any street, most people are wearing clothes they know to be made by children who occasionally burn to death and many of those same people will happily fork out $200 for the "coolest" versions of those same child slave made clothes.

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  • Consumers: Well, that's fine!

  • Did a Lemmy post offend you? This doctor can help

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  • I do love that the "popooh, are you offended bro?" Folks are rhe ones who are also driven into hystrionics by the word cisgender.

  • Cory Doctorow proposes that Canada break ranks with international IP law enforcement

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  • I stubbed my toe yesterday; clearly Canada has already collapsed.

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • How do you reward the work you encounter online?

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • Yeah, it makes sense and I don't blame you.

    IIt's one of those tragic game theory problems, like the prisonwr's dilemma, climate change or anything else where we all suffer because it's in no one's self interest to do the socially beneficial thing.

  • Taxation will not work, we need to just take and devide their money

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  • I had multiple involuntary physical reactions to that sentence.

    You win.

  • Taxation will not work, we need to just take and devide their money

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  • Yes but if we can't spell divide I'm not sure I'd hold out hope for nuanced or accurate political commentary.

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • So again, how should small websites exist then?

    Donations and subscriptions almost never work unless you are already a well trafficked website so I'm curious what your solution is...

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • Back in the day, before ad blockers general unobtrusive ads generated more revenue per site visit. As ad blockers become popular, the value of those same ads were worth less.

    So, to answer your question, they were able to pay the bills with discreet ads which we decided were too annoying, leading to the current spiral of decline.

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • Have you subscribed or paid for many? If so, thank you! But sadly, most of us don't.

    I'm not talking big conglomerates, I'm talking about independent journalism or folks who are working to build something meaningful or beneficial to me, like webcomics or fantasy hockey.

    Since people started getting news online for free, quality independent journalism has plummeted and we've been left with mostly corpo media with a few indies hanging on or getting absorbed into corpo. I think it's a tragedy which adblockers have accelerated.

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • Yup. Everyone wants everything free but simultaneously want a high standard of wages for everyone except whomever is providing them a service.

    Folks dress it up in whatever nonsensical rationale they'd like but really, I think we're just selfish.

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • So why should anyone make a website for you to visit?

    Donations etc haven't been particularly effective. Should only giant corpo media exist? Should online news enter into sketchy deals with whomever?

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • Honestly, I don't use many random websites frequently, the ones I do tend to be pretty non intrusive in terms of ads (cbc, dobberhockey etc) so it might just be lucky on my part.

    I dunno, I just think it's a race to the bottom. If everyone ad blocks then sites either don't exist, have to get more intrusive for the small sliver who doesn't ad block or sketchy partnerships.

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • How do you expect the websites you use to exist if everyone ad blocks them?

  • Do they seriously think their begging is effective with us adblockers‽

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  • If it's a site I use regularly, I'll disable ad blocker, especially news. It'd be childish demand people provide me their time, labour and effort for free, especially when the ads cost me nothing.