Comment on Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over againparentComments−nancyminusone10das opposed to a top of the barrel advertising company like Google−ndriscoll10dOr a top of the barrel choice like just using one of the many non-profit FOSS apps that are also UIs over OpenStreetMap instead of one of the scam commercial ad-wrappers.−susiecambria10dBut what regular people know what nonprofit FOSS apps are?−MisterTea10dThat barrel rotted away a long time ago and all we're left with is a head -- the top is the bottom.−altcognito10dThere is significant differences in advertising. The things at the bottom of the barrel in advertising are often literally malware.−nancyminusone10dYou mean like software that restricts what your devices can do and collects and sells your personal information? Its the very same barrel.−altcognito9dI think of the three comments that make this point, this one is the most constructive.I still don't think Google is quite the same, but I agree that they share some fundamental problems and should be rejected as a whole.−reaperducerOP10dThe things at the bottom of the barrel in advertising are often literally malware.So… Google, then?It's not like it hasn't been repeatedly documented that malware is pushed through Google Ads and other properties.−soperj10dNah, it's all malware. Some just for your brain.
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as opposed to a top of the barrel advertising company like Google
Or a top of the barrel choice like just using one of the many non-profit FOSS apps that are also UIs over OpenStreetMap instead of one of the scam commercial ad-wrappers.
But what regular people know what nonprofit FOSS apps are?
That barrel rotted away a long time ago and all we're left with is a head -- the top is the bottom.
There is significant differences in advertising. The things at the bottom of the barrel in advertising are often literally malware.
You mean like software that restricts what your devices can do and collects and sells your personal information? Its the very same barrel.
I think of the three comments that make this point, this one is the most constructive.
I still don't think Google is quite the same, but I agree that they share some fundamental problems and should be rejected as a whole.
The things at the bottom of the barrel in advertising are often literally malware.
So… Google, then?
It's not like it hasn't been repeatedly documented that malware is pushed through Google Ads and other properties.
Nah, it's all malware. Some just for your brain.