Matthias's suggestion about reframing the context of the purpose of the Rust language struck a chord with me. His post is building a bit off of Niko Matsakis's blog post about the same concept but goes a bit more in depth. There is a perception of Rust as being just a "systems programming" language when really it is a language for building "foundational software".
Ads have been an arms race for awhile now. If ad creators stop making overly intrusive, CPU sucking ads then perhaps people would be less inclined to use ad-blockers.
Even if the ad is 5x5 px, I'd still use an ad blocker because I dont want shitty ad companies knowing every site I visit. I also don't want malware.
This world is becoming a fucking joke, ruled by crooked politicians who have their elections bought for them by corporations and billionaires.
I would hope that people will rise up and take back control since it's our planet not theirs, but everyone seems too fucking stupid and happy just watching marvel movies.