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For me, the problem isn't directly the ads. I started tuning them out long ago, well before the time of ad blockers. I really don't care what the ads look like.
by edwhitesell 11y ago
For me, the problem isn't directly the ads. I started tuning them out long ago, well before the time of ad blockers. I really don't care what the ads look like.
The problems are:
- Some ads are very intrusive
- Some ads are malicious
Those are problems because the content owners are usually hands-off when it comes to displaying ads. They say things like "I can plug in this javascript from site x and I'll get paid!" Sure, you can, but if you're not curating the ads in the same way you're curating your content, something isn't going to align.
People will view content (and advertising) if it's valuable to them. Interesting, engaging, technically relevant, etc. That should apply to everything on your page, including ads.
- techaddict009 11y agoYeah but dont you think solution I have suggested will solve that problem?
- edwhitesell 11y agoIf I'm willing to pay for content, why wouldn't I just pay the content owner directly? I already pay for WSJ, NYTimes and others. There could be an opportunity to enable content owners to more easily accept payments, but is the opportunity large enough (and the costs to the content owner low enough) to justify it? What's the model look like for that? Are there enough content owners/creators that would pay (or revenue share) someone else to monitize their content in a more meaningful way for users? Let's say "Blogger XYZ" decides to charge $1USD per article (likely a VERY high number). Is he/she going to give up 30% to someone else to handle the payment/settlement? Don't companies like Wordpress already have plug-ins for PayPal or Stripe to accept payments too?