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[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee [S] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Again, the meme is not about the internet in 2000s. It is just about people sharing out of fun vs. "creators" wanting to monetize every little shit. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KirbyProton@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just such a common misconception that there was no ads in the 'old Internet', that's all I was pointing out. There seems to be a nostalgic false memory that Internet back then didn't have ads which is hilarious if you were there to see what it was like permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ads are not the same thing as insanely granular data harvesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah, because if anything is better than granular data harvesting, it was ActiveX scripts wreaking havoc on your machine just by opening a webpage, disguised as ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KirbyProton@feddit.uk 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) It's just such a common misconception that there was no ads in the 'old Internet', that's all I was pointing out. There seems to be a nostalgic false memory that Internet back then didn't have ads which is hilarious if you were there to see what it was like permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ads are not the same thing as insanely granular data harvesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah, because if anything is better than granular data harvesting, it was ActiveX scripts wreaking havoc on your machine just by opening a webpage, disguised as ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ads are not the same thing as insanely granular data harvesting. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah, because if anything is better than granular data harvesting, it was ActiveX scripts wreaking havoc on your machine just by opening a webpage, disguised as ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago Yeah, because if anything is better than granular data harvesting, it was ActiveX scripts wreaking havoc on your machine just by opening a webpage, disguised as ads. permalink fedilink source parent
