… in case you were thinking that everything is ok.
Once more everybody is jumping up and down over ads. Once more to remind that ads do make (a few aspects of) the world go round.
But
If I am paying you to use your product … I do not want you to put ads in that product.
The ad isn’t the real problem .. it’s the tracking. My ‘ad blocker’ doesn’t block ads .. it blocks the ability for the advertiser to track me. Why do we still not understand this?
If I want you to provide your service without tracking and/or ads … then you should … of course … recognising that to do that costs money … so I would expect to pay a fee for that. But nobody really offers that.
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🚧 I might comeback to this in the future.
🔗 Engagement Platforms as Coherence Infrastructure
A slight restructure of this post - and so a reissue.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ Road Trip
.. and it was a good - if short one - across the high desert - North of Palm Desert - other side of Joshua Tree - and beyond.
Chris Best, CEO of Substack Wrote To Me
A security incident at Substack resulted in unauthorised access to users' email addresses and limited data, prompting an apology and assurance of improved protections. Before we get to that though - I have a couple of questions. Well one actually.
Thanks to AI, the cost of code has definitely reduced recently. By a lot.
But people don’t buy code. They buy solutions. Code is never the solution.
🔗 Our Crazy Unhinged Now ~ On my Om
Sixteen billion smackeroos is a gigantic amount of money. If you were to stack that much money in $100 bills vertically, you would be well past the cruising altitude of commercial airplanes. Roughly 11 miles.
and yet
Waymo was the secondary story of the day.
🔗 Trumpland Ramps Up Attacks On Netflix Warner Brothers Merger To Help Larry Ellison | Techdirt
After Warner Brothers balked at Larry’s competing bid and a hostile takeover attempt, Larry tried to sue Warner Brothers. With that not going anywhere, Larry and MAGA have since joined forces to try and attack the Netflix merger across right wing media, falsely claiming that “woke” Netflix is attempting a “cultural takeover” that must be stopped for the good of humanity.
Pace Layers - Redux
Climbing the ‘pace layers’ leads to fewer and more specialized sources of information.
🔗 Jeff Bezos Is Destroying What’s Left Of The Washington Post To Please Our Dim, Unpopular Autocrats
I still don’t get why he just doesn’t close it?
🔗 News Sites Are Bringing Comments Sections Back as a Paid Feature
… an idea lifted directly from Substack?
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ 10 years ago I was trying to celebrate independent thinking.
Still trying ☹️
