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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yes but what about this whataboutism? And honestly I am fairly certain it ain't as much as Bitcoin. People usually focus on 1 thing to get it done because moving to the next. I bet you try to do that at work too.

[–] foobaz 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No way ads consume less power than bitcoin. Just the lights for ads probably consume more than bitcoin, not even talking about creating ads, which I assume consumes a double digit percentage of the global work force.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You assume wrong. In the UK, about 0.3-0.5% of people work in marketing or advertising, and that's one of the most extremely financialised service economies in the whole world. No way is the number anywhere near even that high in countries where people actually work for a living.

[–] foobaz 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the correction. Slightly overestimated 😁

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I mean it's still an insanely high amount IMO, you're not wrong in the sense that it's "way too many people"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I did a back of the envelope a few comments up. How it looks to me, just sending internet ads around the world consumes 20 times as much as all crypto mining combined.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Yes but what about this whataboutism?

Blockchain user.

[–] alekwithak -1 points 10 months ago

What are you on about?