Pdf files are a prime vector for malware. One of the most reliable ways to get a virus in a system seems to be sending a gimmicked pdf and social engineer it so it's opened.
I've always kinda wondered how recruiters computers aren't swimming in malware.
Our far right is great at TikTok, and their algorithm seems to favor far right talking points greatly.
Competition goes way down when all the different companies are owned by a very small set of huge companies. And for these companies it's easy to setup cartels and just simply not compete and jack up the prices. Competition happens when the companies must make a profit or die, not when conglomerates can trust that they're the only game in town.
We've let our companies grow too large, giving them the ability to put the screws on us. Also competition isn't really happening in many fields, as ask the companies are owned by pretty much the same people.
That ending, hoo boy.
I don't this is the reason. If a good portion of the users didn't want those things, they'd be downvoted to heck. It's more likely that a part of the reddit refugees didn't stick around.
It's not just that they don't want their ads next nazi crap, it's that they don't want to put ads on a platform that has nazi crap. You make a platform friendly to nazis, you lose advertising.
Not really. Ads aren't gonna dissappear, with Mozillas tech, they'd at least be more private than what Google will implement.