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And what can we do to make the Internet a more safe and privacy friendly place and replace the ad business by something less unpleasant ?

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[-] emb@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I think what you're describing at the end there is basically what Brave (browser) tried to do.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Huh, I missed that. Yep, they were using Bitcoin back before it was fully a circlejerk, looks like, which is reasonable. Now I just know it as a Chrome spinoff that pretends to be private, haha.

It looks like Chrome's trying to do something similar, although there's a high chance Google will attempt a walled garden version.

"Web Monetization" is the keyword. It could be great for things like Lemmy, too, where hosting costs might eventually become a major obstacle.

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