• Xanis@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If the ads are unobtrusive and interesting, and not clearly based on harvested personal data, I wouldn’t mind.

    Unfoorrrtunately…

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Exactly.

      I was excited for Brave when they talked about service privacy-friendly ads and sharing revenue with sites. That obviously didn’t happen, but I think it is a good idea in general.

      I don’t mind privacy-respecting ads like sponsorships and whatnot in videos, but I absolutely cannot stand the data-harvesting ads used almost everywhere, as well as ads in services I’ve paid for.