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Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

cut off lower income people that couldn’t afford to pay.

There's a shot of irony in there... Google doesn't monetize poor people highly at all, but the poor people get "free" access with ads because some richer people also allow themselves to see the ads. What kind of communism is that?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago*

    It's the same way that taxes work. Rich people contribute more than poorer people, but everyone can use things funded by public money (parks, police, fire fighters, public transport, schools, health care outside the USA, etc).

    I actually wonder if there should be more taxpayer-funded online services. Lemmy's development was partially funded by government money (NLNet Foundation via the European Commission) for example.

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