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Who says we don't want to pay? Some of the most profitable newspapers are completely paywalled and have been for years. Someone wants to pay. I will gladly pay
by jordigh 11y ago
Who says we don't want to pay? Some of the most profitable newspapers are completely paywalled and have been for years. Someone wants to pay. I will gladly pay myself.
But I will only pay for ad-free content.
Remember how cable TV used to have that promise? You pay for your TV and you don't have ads. I remember that back in the day my cable provider would broadcast listings of today's programming schedule to cover up ads in the source transmission. Now you pay and you watch ads. If we do pay for websites, I hope we pay for no ads.
- tempVariable 11y agoExactly. We as people are not inherently predisposed to steal, take for granted or abuse. While these are strong words and they may not be related to all cases uniformly, we want to participate without taking anything away from the other party. Google Ads is the embodiment of leveling that relationship now, and seeing that the conversation has shifted towards supporting creative processes which make the web great.- we need this. We just don't need Google Ads or ads in general to be the medium for transfer.
- narrowrail 11y agoI got cable in 1980 (HBO and all), but I remember ads being shown when I watched cable (except HBO) at that time. Was the ad-free cable before 1980?
- jordigh 11y agoIf you are talking about the US, I am not. Cable in Mexico would hide ads.