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I like plants. But I don't get ads for plants, instead I get ads for stupid plant-related gizmos. Why? Because the plant "market" is not online, and is much less lucrative than the gizmo market. There's no amount of tracking that can fix mismatches between commercial and human interests. Or to put it another way: the best things in life are free, ad space is not.


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