muelltonne@feddit.orgM to Technik@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoHow ads are chewing through half of your mobile datawww.nextpit.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1219arrow-down17cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkHow ads are chewing through half of your mobile datawww.nextpit.commuelltonne@feddit.orgM to Technik@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square96fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·edit-22 days 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-squarecomfydecal@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down11·2 days agoCrypto bad for environment though. Corpo-net good for economy though, so environment never talked about.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days 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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