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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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[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 24 points 2 years ago (10 children)

How about instead of shakedown laws we pass some laws about malicious advertising online? People are less likely to block ads when the ads are not actively trying to fuck over their device.

[–] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I agree. Like right to repair laws. There should be laws that give people a right to opt out of all advertising online.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Right to repair is a huge issue that most people totally ignore, it's frustrating. However you can't ban advertising online. it's how operators pay for their servers. Either every site that provides a service has a subscription model or runs ads.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Or relies on donations, or relies on grants, or sells merchandise. All, along with subscriptions, are preferable to ads, which should be outlawed.

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