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You do know physical books exist, dont you? :) I did not say ebook.

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They have physical books that supplement the printing costs with ads.

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Libraries still exist for now. Take advantage of them and maybe they won’t all get shut down.

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library books are still physical books that sometimes have ads in them to supplement thecost of printing. they don’t get conjured up by librarian mages.

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Those aren’t super intrusive. It’s not a loud ad that has to load, yell at you and slows down getting to the content I question, and printed ads in books don’t disrupt a music listening session by playing shitty ad music between songs as you’re getting a specific mood on. Print ads don’t bug me the way web and video ads do

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Many physical books have ads in the beginning and end. I would dare to say all. At the very least, a small “banner” ad for the publisher on one page.

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Do you have to watch it for 30 seconds before you’re allowed to turn the page? Does it pop up every 5 pages and can’t be skipped?

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Lol sorry, are advertisements that aren’t intrusive not considered advertisements to you??? Maybe that mindset is why the internet is unusable without an ad blocker…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advertising

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Enshittification

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What is enshittification?

The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

The lifecycle of Big Internet

We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.

Embrace, extend and extinguish

We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.

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