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lemmy users, how would we fund big tech alternatives, if targeted ads cannot be a thing? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 days ago by Adniem to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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i don't defend targeted ads since they are bad (i use uBlock)

but what monetization system is a bit more ethical than targeted ads but can last unlike donations

how would you solve that issue

My Opinion

well it is make that there are version which you own but if you pay for 1 the one after it you pay again for that new version but with a small discount

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[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Imagine if ads were related to the content of the page? Like, if I look up a webpage about video games, and get ads for... Video Games? I made the mistake of looking up a particular eGPU a while ago, and now when I'm looking up kayaks online, I get ads for eGPUs.

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[–] UiUiUiUiUi@piefed.nl 5 points 1 day ago

Image if the browser would automatically temporarily save what topics the current page was about and then only send that list to the advertisers to retrieve an image.

Almost like the Topics API Google proposed.

Or we generate a small enough tag that represents those topics to a cohort almost like Googles FLoC proposal.

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