• SpiderUnderUrBed@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    I disagree. I think that’s far too extreme, there shouldn’t be blanket bans because big tech ruins it for everyone, it harms stuff like minor indie creators or small buisnesses, that being said it needs to be HEAVILY regulated, like fridges should never have ads nor any smart appliance

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      21 minutes ago

      I don’t think a content provider should be allowed to have more than 5-10% of their content be advertisements.

      Website screen space, newspapers, tv channels, etc

      Instagram shouldn’t have more than 1-2 sponsored post for every 20 posts. At the moment it seems closer to 10.

      An hour long TV slot shouldn’t have more than 3-6 minutes of advertisement. At the moment it’s closer to 20-30.

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      How about… we go a step further and just stop making appliances “smart”?

      My toaster doesn’t need AI to tell the difference between a fucking bagel and a slice of bread. They already figured out solutions to this shit decades ago.

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        Lots of appliances doesn’t need to be smart, I agree, there are plenty borderline where I think there is some benifit, bulbs for example, I think things should be a lot more local, it’s a shame people use cloud solutions instead of home assistant or how much telemetry these smart appliances are allowed to get.