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sokoloff on July 28, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Who's doing this to my internet?

I don't think this is being done for survival; I think it's being done because it can be done and it's asymmetrically lucrative.

Petty theft of a jar of peanut butter may well be solved by a basic income. Ad-free internet business models will not be created by a basic income.

panic on July 28, 2015 [–]

Sure, but with a basic income, it would be easier to run a site like SoundCloud without ads. You could switch to an alternative site once SoundCloud started pushing ads.

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