People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays - eviltoast
      • drz@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Use an adblocker. Unless, you mean people go on the internet without using protection?

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          1 year ago

          That won’t make a difference. Reddit knows how much traffic they get and they use that number to sell ads

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          1 year ago

          They do. Either due to technical ineptitude (like approximately everyone’s parents) or, and that might be worse, with the conviction of doing “the right thing,” like a friend of mine.