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[–] edgemaster72 93 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I guess that would make knowyourmeme the modern Rosetta Stone

[–] mojofrododojo 36 points 6 months ago (2 children)

perhaps, but it will be indecipherable due to the 42gb of advertisements and pop-ups it loads.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

ublock origin is going to be seen as a hero-like figure

[–] Soggy 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] NoFun4You 10 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or the death of the Internet when 100% of people use ad blockers.

[–] Voytrekk 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe websites can go back to simple ads that just have a picture with a link. Modern advertising is about harvesting your data, which is why I use an ad blocker. They also use a ton of resources that slow down websites.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

We can't close pandora's box. Google ads are extremely profitable, nothing else comes close. I work for a company that uses ads as the main revenue source. We tried to avoid Google but it just makes no business sense. We're talking 10 times the revenue compared to other major players. Google not only pays better, but the ads are just better.

I'm very pessimistic. I'm pretty sure we're heading in the direction where most websites will be DRM'd and impossible to block ads.

[–] TropicalDingdong 16 points 6 months ago

Knowyourmeme has ads?

[–] ameancow 6 points 6 months ago

If I become rich I will download the entirety of knowyourmeme and engrave it on a giant block of granite or carve it into the side of a mountain. Our descendants will thank me.