While consuming the content, you’re avoiding paying some content its price, because you protest how the content guards its commercial interests. Thus, ahoy!

  • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    don’t recall ever seeing ads that ship malware

    How old are you?

    i commit quite a bit of tomfoolwery on my work device

    That might be because your work device is protected by policies and applications installed by syssec team.

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      17 days ago

      Imagine them getting teleported back to the days of Limewire’s mp3.exes, pop-up ads, pop-under ads, audio ads, moving ads, activex bullshit, drive-by malware not even needing interaction, and…

      BonziBuddy too, can’t forget that. It’s so cute, it can’t be malicious! I’m going to install it on all my office computers, what’s the harm?

      • Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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        17 days ago

        curiously, the only time i’ve ever gotten infected (besides wannacry) was through a torrent