• Atemu@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    What a great argument! You didn’t even read the first sentence…

    It isn’t an ethical concern and hasn’t been since the 90s.

    You’ll have to explain to me how not compensating someone for their work has been ethical since the 90s.

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      7 months ago

      You’ll have to explain to me how not compensating someone for their work has been ethical since the 90s.

      Opening my computer up to Malware is not worth the fraction of a penny that the person who did the work will receive from my click.

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        7 months ago

        To the person receiving the money, it is worth it. Else they wouldn’t be doing it.

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          7 months ago

          I’m glad to hear they are willing to sacrifice the safety of my system for their fraction of a penny.

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      7 months ago

      https://www.statista.com/chart/29626/ads-blocked-removed-by-google-by-enforced-policy/

      Deceptive Ads & Malware Make Up Bulk of Blocked Google Ads

      5.2 Billion Bad Ads removed in 2022. 1.8 Billion more than in 2021.

      Were they removed? Yes. Did they show up prior to removal to real human beings? Also yes.

      https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/malvertising-statistics/

      in the first half of 2023 alone, with phishing URLs leading the charge with a 140.7% increase.

      Security Gladiators reports that on average, of every 100 ads that are published, at least 1 contains malicious code.

      A report by Confiant found that in Q3 of 2021, 1 of every 108 ad impressions was highly disruptive or dangerous.

      Safety Detectives’ malvertising report showed that the global cost of malware was $500 billion per year in 2015, but in 2021 that figure cost an average of $500 billion per month.

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        7 months ago

        Cool story bro but you clearly still didn’t even read the first sentence of what I wrote.

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          I don’t give a shit how they get paid because the method they chose violates my personal safety.

          I’m done arguing with an obvious troll.

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            7 months ago

            Yes and that’s precisely the point. You can make the decision not to pay and there are good reasons to do so (I do so too) but you must recognise that someone is still not getting paid for their work.