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>Other than that, it’s just noise that we suffer through in order to get the information or content that we want.

The trailing part that's left off is "for free". If you want all the content we receive for free today, someone has to pay for it. So either people pay with their attention or their wallet, and consumers have by and large made their choice of ad supported services over paid alternatives.



I pay for software and the developers force in ads later. It's not either or, it's just racing to the bottom, forever.




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