muelltonne@feddit.orgM to Technik@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoHow ads are chewing through half of your mobile datawww.nextpit.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1232arrow-down17cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkHow ads are chewing through half of your mobile datawww.nextpit.commuelltonne@feddit.orgM to Technik@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square107fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-21 month agoIf you extrapolate from that and suppose that somewhere around half of all internet traffic is ad transmissions, that means that the internet ad industry has about 20 times the carbon emissions of crypto.
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoHow did you arrive at that number?
minus-squarecomfydecal@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down11·1 month agoCrypto bad for environment though. Corpo-net good for economy though, so environment never talked about.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoTwo things can be bad for the environment. Maybe even more.
If you extrapolate from that and suppose that somewhere around half of all internet traffic is ad transmissions, that means that the internet ad industry has about 20 times the carbon emissions of crypto.
How did you arrive at that number?
Crypto bad for environment though. Corpo-net good for economy though, so environment never talked about.
Two things can be bad for the environment. Maybe even more.
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