[lonecom]

> if business isn't content with regular web users and doesn't leave Gemini users alone, their options and the damage they can do is hampered

I am afraid you are limiting the scope of "exploitation", as enabled by Internet, to those things done by Ad companies like Google family.

But I was mostly referring to the use of Internet for all kinds of exploitation. Think of a seller on amazon putting fake reviews in the web, or deleting actual negative reviews. They won't bother with the Gemini users because there is enough victims on the real web. But if all users are using Gemini clients, then they will be writing fake reviews in Gemini domain.

That is smaller it remains, the less penetration by big business and selfish interests, and thus the more valuable it is, for the person who wants to find real, genuine information.

This also applies to real discussion. People are going to speak freely in Gemini, because there is less chance of encountering an army of shills.

Keep an eye on sites that sell gemini identities with "reputation". Once those start popping up, you ll know its time to move on to something different.