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[–] faintedheart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dev has to somehow pay their bills. And for continuous support they need some kind of reward for their time and effort. Eventually other apps will be moved to subscription or they will just stop updating. These apps will still run because of ad support or subscription. Ads are actually non intrusive.

[–] cakeistheanswer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you think ads are non intrusive we have different definitions.

If any selection of the free content network I'm a part of isn't showing me the content I want it's an intrusion.

There are umpteen services that run on donations, telling yourself ads are necessary is the same deal with the devil as the public Internet.

[–] faintedheart@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude. There are different types of ads. Small ad banners which don't affect normal posts is not an issue for me. I am getting a good experience so this is the way I am going to pay for it.

There are umpteen services that run on donations

A lot of them when the user base has grown, wasn't sustainable and also got closed down and moved to subscription.

If any selection of the free content network I'm a part of isn't showing me the content I want it's an intrusion.

You can pay for subscription or use another app. It's fine. Other devolopers who don't charge a single bit now will change it in the future. Who is mad to support an app without getting any kind of benefit. There are some open-source developers who do that. Still.

I'm here on the fediverse because ads are poison.

Knowing my neighbors are swigging more of that shit doesn't make me feel any better.

[–] rndll@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

When I accidentally tapped on the first ad and it automatically opened a shopping app I had on to a product I have no care for. Personally for me, the ads ARE intrusive. I instantly uninstalled after that.