Chrome is popular because it works. The average person is not going to give up convenience for privacy, even if they claim to care about it. As someone who uses Firefox, I can say that some websites don’t work on Firefox and Firefox is often slower than chromium browsers. While I’m ok with that, others might not be.

Are these spam accounts? Then they should be banned. I could only see ads in the context of keeping the servers running. I think outside of that it doesn’t make sense for this kind of platform. If lemmy.world can run entirely off of donations, then I don’t see a reason for ads at all, especially if those ads don’t even contribute to keeping the lights on.

TikTok is a threat to my productivity if anything. That app will ruin me if I download it again.