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coldpie on June 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Automate the CEOs

> They were forced to by the shift of ad budgets from print to more targeted advertising

Indeed. As with almost everything else terrible about the world today, the root of the problem is targeted-advertising-based business models.

pixelrevision on June 2, 2023 [–]

It really has caused a race to the bottom anywhere it becomes the primary business model. Everyone hates it but no one’s got a solve to get people paying for things once they are “free”.

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