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Mullvad's ads are good (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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Seen in a SF Muni station

Edit to add: Jeez, relax. I was on my way home from a doctor’s appointment and saw that ad. It made me chuckle so I posted it here.

If seeing this post really upsets you, take some deep breaths and keep scrolling. With any luck, you’ll have fully healed in a couple of days.

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

Surpressing sponsors is a perverse incentive too; all the more reason to not disclose who's paying the creator.

And yeah, any 'moral' justification for web ads is dead like 100 times over. I hate how hard it makes life for 'old web' style sites with like one innocent banner ad, but still.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are you saying creators should not disclose their sponsors? If so...

    I disagree, we need more transparency about finances of companies in the world. If a sponsor can pay somebody like LinusTechTips 40k a video to promote their video, than that means we as a consumer are overpaying for the product.

    In a lot of European countries you can just see an annual report of a company which you can use to say filter out dropshippers since they generally spend a lot on ads and marketing.

    We aren't going to be able to stop ads on the web unless we start paying subscriptions for everything and that is a good way to get a lot of people into financial trouble. I also wish we could more easily go back to simple websites with no tracking and barely any ads.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Wow great point!

    btw I’d also thought to mention how I wish it could just be merch or live show tix b/c: did that creator I love REALLY like the new widget that was released or were they financially incentivized?

    Which is why I mentioned transparency & labeling. Some will falter and some good people will subconsciously be incentivized, but some will choose sponsors so well they’ll be fine, too.

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