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submitted 1 year ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

A new survey suggests that most Canadians feel news should be free and accessible for anyone, while also believing that media will find other ways to make money.

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[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

You can ban it. Its not my problem how they pay. Nobody asked them to take over the internet and turn ever pixel into an ad. Ban ads, these sites die and we get back the real internet.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

You know someone has to pay for websites right? Like If no one donated to Wikipedia they would not exist. If you want to get back to "The Real Internet" you are going to have to start hosting all your own images, blog posts, e-mail server...

[-] sik0fewl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Did you just receive an email from Jimmy Wales, too?

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

He emails me every year and I give him money every year.

Wikimedia got me through all my degrees/certifications.

[-] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Taking away advertising doesn't take that away. It just means websites no longer free load by wasting our free time.

If you want to get back to “The Real Internet” you are going to have to start hosting all your own images, blog posts, e-mail server

No, you wouldn't. But also not a terrible idea. We don't need 90% of the content online. We need most of it scrubbed.

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