And you are right, but you have evaded my question about who is paying for it, how and how much. The why is easier.
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Replying to @pavel23
what I mean is that I am paying for it, but in total I pay a negative amount because it is not a zero sum game
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Replying to @Plinz
I really prefer to pay services directly with or with general taxes; private Entities should not be allowed to levy quasi-taxes.
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imho all these ad-schemes are a bubble waiting to burst. So in the end, someone who believes™ pays for the services I use*.
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as long as nobody realizes that you won't buy any of the advertised shit.
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But generally I react adversely to any ads; they mostly drive me away from wanting to become a customer
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the question is, how representative are we in this behavior? are there really enough gullible people to sustain this model?
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millions of customers pay thousands of engineers to build infrastructure for billions of people; the miracle of scaling!
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You forgot to mention the millions of expensive, short-living and power-hungry computers:-)
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which are much cheaper and less power hungry than our cars while being much more useful!
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