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[–] save_vs_death@hexbear.net 13 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

most of google's money comes from ads that everyone already blocks, giving black people away to the gestapo, and blowing up brown people; the upper bound of slacktivism was when stadia failed, i don't expect gamers to suddenly firebomb AI data centres

ads that everyone already blocks

30% of internet users use adblockers^[https://backlinko.com/ad-blockers-users#adblock-top-picks]

giving black people away to the gestapo, and blowing up brown people

This is a very small part of alphabet revenue. At the end of the day, Google is still a search company above all else.

[–] plinky@hexbear.net 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

define everybody, as evidently the ads are still shown to someone. also gmail and youtube. same goes for meta and instagram/whatsapp.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The android Google ships on pixel phones is also full of ads.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It is? I have a pixel and I don't think I've ever seen an ad pushed by the os.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

If swipe on my home screen I get articles that are all just ads.

[–] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

wtyp you can remove that by switching to a FOSS launcher like lawnchair or neolauncher

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 2 points 6 hours ago

Didn't say it's impossible to remove.