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[-] gon@lemm.ee 38 points 8 months ago
[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 19 points 8 months ago

I mean, yes? But also this is like that stupid iPhone setting that diverts your charging to off-peak hours or something. It's such an incredibly small difference.

[-] gon@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

If it's worth doing at all, it's worth doing a little bit.

I believe you're referring to iPhone's clean energy charging feature. Here's my question: if you can use clean energy, why wouldn't you? It might make very little difference to the environment, but a little difference is still a difference.

Still, using ad-blockers is really not like that iPhone feature:

  1. That feature relies on the grid itself, meaning it's useless for a lot of people that have basically no clean energy where they live, while ad-blockers can be useful to anyone using the internet.
  2. It may be to the user's detriment, while ad-blockers improve user experience.
  3. It's device dependent, whereas ad-blockers are available to virtually everyone, not just iPhone users.
  4. Ad-blockers can be combined with clean energy charging.

The impact ad-blockers can have on the environment is similar to iPhone's clean energy charging in the same way a healthy diet is similar to eating a carrot. Yes, on the surface level they do just reduce your consumption of fossil fuel-generated energy, but ad-blockers reduce your energy consumption overall, not just trade it for green energy (that still requires tons of fossil fuels to be burned).

Much love,
gon

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

if you can use clean energy, why wouldn't you?

Because, in this case, it can be incredibly inconvenient. It's just another bullshit marketing ploy from Apple.

I don't understand the rest of your comment.

Should you use ad blockers? Yes, absolutely. Is "saving the environment" a legitimate reason? I would argue no.

Sincerely,

xoxo helenslunch

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