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I don't think this is unexpected. Switching revenues streams is hard and takes time, so the question to me is if this is temporary, while they figure out a new
by georgebarnett 11y ago
I don't think this is unexpected. Switching revenues streams is hard and takes time, so the question to me is if this is temporary, while they figure out a new model, or if it's a permanent thing. If it's the latter case, I would expect an arms race which isn't going to be good for anybody.
As an aside, I would love to know what this does to their bounce rate (which is surely why they're testing it). Maybe they'll decide they don't want those customers anyway, in which case I would expect they go back to ignoring ad blockers.
- emp_zealoth 11y agoWell, it just went up by one. Their writing is really poor quality - as a person from outside of usa I kind of associated WashPost or NYT with the pinnacle of journalism. Boy, was I wrong, when i started reading HN few years back, when I was ~20 i quickly started to think of those as trashy sensationalist junk. I was SHOCKED how bad it can be. Heavily biased, always spinning a one sided story, poorly researched, ommission galore. Would visit an article every now and then, just to see what caused hundreds of HN comments, but less and less. Oh well, freedom!
- DanBC 11y agoI'd be interested to know what you think are good sources? While they have bias it's obvious and predictable, and thus you can ignore it. They're very much better than most UK newspapers, which are the worst kind of scum.