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    making ad space that's being sold opt-in would devalue the adspace and reduce profits. This is along the same lines as "can we move the ads to the footer instead? and then place a div over them so we can't see them?" Commented Nov 7, 2024 at 22:45
  • @KevinB I meant more have the communities opt in not each user. Commented Nov 7, 2024 at 23:38
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    History is cyclic and this isn't doing too bad in comparison. I feel like its less about advertising on its own than (from reading the comments) SO inc being exploitative, and the actual benefits for the communities involved being unclear. Commented Nov 8, 2024 at 1:49
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    "…this might be an unrealistic request…" I disagree, it is a unrealistic, pie-in-the-sky, request. I can't imagine any community not wanting to opt out, which would mean Stack Exchange is back at square one. Commented Nov 10, 2024 at 8:58
  • @Mari-LouAСлаваУкраїні Plenty of people upvoted this announcement and some even the per site meta ones. Some people are okay with it Commented Nov 10, 2024 at 12:49
  • Some people being OK with it when the majority isn't suggests minority rule. Of course, there's neither majorities nor minorities here. SO.Inc. owns the service and can do what they want... but the majority that they depend on to make their service worthwhile hates this. Commented Nov 29, 2024 at 19:47