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matheusmoreira | on: I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's "free" and ad-supported
Paying to get rid of ads is paying for the privilege of doing their market segmentation for them. It's paying to segment oneself into the upper echelons of the market. People who pay to avoid ads have a lot of disposable income, the value of their attention increases.

I wish uBlock Origin would incorporate AI features too. It could automatically detect brand names and product placement and blank it all out. Works on images and video. Augmented reality glasses with uBlock Origin would be life changing.

marssaxman | parent | next
I wish we could use AI to solve captchas for us. Perhaps I should "vibe-code" such a browser plugin.
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delaminator | parent | next
> I wish uBlock Origin would incorporate AI features too. It could automatically detect brand names and product placement and blank it all out.

that is a pretty good idea

back in the day I had an adblocker which replaced the banners with your own pictures.

Scoundreller | parent
> Paying to get rid of ads is paying for the privilege of doing their market segmentation for them.

My local newspaper used to be wide-open. I happily subscribed but never logged in.

Then they launched a paywall, so I unsubscribed. I didn't want to be a part of their logged-in paid premium user dragnet.

The phone-call to cancel was a bit confusing for the CSR.

"May I ask why are you cancelling?"

Me: "Oh, because of the paywall"

CSR: "Oh, that's just a technical issue, we can help you with that"

Me: "Nono, you don't understand, I'm cancelling because there is _a_ paywall"

I doubt my "reason for cancelling" got coded correctly.