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It is already fucked up situation that I have to pay for a movie, which ends up being complete crap, but with millions spent on ads, and I have no way to get my

by Elhana 11y ago

It is already fucked up situation that I have to pay for a movie, which ends up being complete crap, but with millions spent on ads, and I have no way to get my money back. As soon as I see random site asking for money before I even see a content, I just close the page and find another with roughly the same content. Just ask nicely and maybe I'll disable adblock or donate if I feel like the content was worth it.

s73v3r 11y ago
"Just ask nicely and maybe I'll disable adblock or donate if I feel like the content was worth it." No you won't. You'll think, "Maybe I'll do it tomorrow," or, "You know, I didn't really enjoy it that much," as you go back to the site every day. Your statement is just like the people who put a rating for one star on an app, and say, "I'll change it after I've used it if I like it," or, "One Star until Feature X is implemented," when Feature X was never promised as part of the app. And then when the change is made, the rating is never changed.
- Elhana 11y ago
  I've disabled adblock on some sites, that are really useful to me, like TV series calendar and donated to some sites that I read often, I bought indie games I liked, but I'm not going to pay to some random blog I accidentally landed from some random link once and never came back again. Proposed micro transaction model won't make me pay for it anyway. Why someone feels entitled to my money, just because they facerolled their keyboard for a half an hour? Sometimes it feels like authors should actually pay me for reading/installing that pile of garbage they call "content".
  - s73v3r 11y ago
    "Why someone feels entitled to my money, just because they facerolled their keyboard for a half an hour?" They're not the ones feeling entitled. You read their content. You used the product of their labor. Isn't the entire basis of Capitalism that you pay for the product of other people's labor? "Sometimes it feels like authors should actually pay me for reading/installing that pile of garbage they call "content"." And yet, you're still reading it.

by Elhana 11y ago

s73v3r 11y ago

"Just ask nicely and maybe I'll disable adblock or donate if I feel like the content was worth it." No you won't. You'll think, "Maybe I'll do it tomorrow," or, "You know, I didn't really enjoy it that much," as you go back to the site every day. Your statement is just like the people who put a rating for one star on an app, and say, "I'll change it after I've used it if I like it," or, "One Star until Feature X is implemented," when Feature X was never promised as part of the app. And then when the change is made, the rating is never changed.

Elhana 11y ago
I've disabled adblock on some sites, that are really useful to me, like TV series calendar and donated to some sites that I read often, I bought indie games I liked, but I'm not going to pay to some random blog I accidentally landed from some random link once and never came back again. Proposed micro transaction model won't make me pay for it anyway. Why someone feels entitled to my money, just because they facerolled their keyboard for a half an hour? Sometimes it feels like authors should actually pay me for reading/installing that pile of garbage they call "content".
- s73v3r 11y ago
  "Why someone feels entitled to my money, just because they facerolled their keyboard for a half an hour?" They're not the ones feeling entitled. You read their content. You used the product of their labor. Isn't the entire basis of Capitalism that you pay for the product of other people's labor? "Sometimes it feels like authors should actually pay me for reading/installing that pile of garbage they call "content"." And yet, you're still reading it.