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RE: Steemit Engineering Update: Continued Progress on RocksDB, Condenser Split and More
I am not sure about the ad decision. The decision to add advertisements collects user data. Is it hypocrisy to rely on google ads for a decentralized blockchain? I would argue for not having ads. However, crypto projects can have ads on Steemit, but not google ads.
@dm312, steemit.com is not a blockchain but a web application owned by Steemit Inc., it serves as a front-end to the blockchain, and there are other front-ends (i.e busy.org, esteem). Since the blockchain is currently "public domain" defacto (not regulated yet) virtually anybody able to build a front-end for the blockchain is free to profit from it in any way. This is similar to OpenSource, the source code is free, you can use it to profit the way you wish.
im sure they collected data before ads
Haha, They already did mate. Steemit is using google custom search, didn't you notice that?