A nice defense of a shady and failing business model. Ad blockers have worked just fine for a long time, and they're about to get a lot more widespread.
Who are all these people who spend money after clicking on an ad? The only time I ever click on an ad is by accident, and as soon as I realize the mistake I've made, I immediatly go back (or in the worst case, get frustrated and close the tab and give up on whatever fork my browsing was taking at the time).
That is a completely different question than say...
How much would you pay for us to remove ads from our content, given you can go elsewhere for similar content?
It's not just a price-point issue, either. It is also a transactions costs issue. The old model of paying for one source of content has given way to the new model of forever being only a click away from switching content providers. Determining who gets paid what, enforcing that, and distributing the paycheck, that's basically not doable at the moment,,, except through ads.
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[ 2.0 ms ] story [ 18.0 ms ] threadThat is a completely different question than say...
How much would you pay for us to remove ads from our content, given you can go elsewhere for similar content?
It's not just a price-point issue, either. It is also a transactions costs issue. The old model of paying for one source of content has given way to the new model of forever being only a click away from switching content providers. Determining who gets paid what, enforcing that, and distributing the paycheck, that's basically not doable at the moment,,, except through ads.