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You know I wonder if in the long term if blocking ads may improve the open web experience vs. native apps which may become cluttered with ads?
by michaelpinto 11y ago
You know I wonder if in the long term if blocking ads may improve the open web experience vs. native apps which may become cluttered with ads?
- danmaz74 11y agoThat... or maybe it could remove all professional content from the open web, and make it some kind of ghetto for those who can't pay for apps. I honestly don't know.
- michaelpinto 11y agoYou just described most of what I see on 4chan and Facebook. But in a sense what you're saying has happened to a degree with paywalls. The really good content at say the New York Times, Financial Times and the like is behind paywalls at this point while low quality stuff like Huffington Post is free.
- danmaz74 11y ago> The really good content at say the New York Times, Financial Times and the like is behind paywalls For now, it's "soft" paywalls - they're still indexable by Google, and visible if you come from there. I'm afraid that, in the near future, they could really become accessible only to those who can pay. And the quality of the free internet would instantly drop many notches.
- michaelpinto 11y agoThat's my fear as well, although I've seen a decline in the market over the past few years. After the banner ad crash of '08 it became harder for indie bloggers to make a living. And another problem I see these days is that not only are banner ads paying badly, but money has flooded into the field to back winner-takes-all ventures like Vox or Buzzfeed. So it's hard for the little guy to even get pizza money at this point.
- danmaz74 11y agoWell, we can only hope for the better...
- tluyben2 11y agoAt least for most usable apps with ads there is the in-app option to switch them off. I don't mind that for an app that is good ; on the other hand, I would've paid for that app as well in the first place.