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Sorry but ads are a very effective and proven way for a web business to generate revenue. That is all together a different discussion on what is an effective wa
by srameshc 11y ago
Sorry but ads are a very effective and proven way for a web business to generate revenue. That is all together a different discussion on what is an effective way to monetize your web business. But my question is for small business or startups which already have a revenue and relying on that ad revenue. How will they be affected ?
- sp332 11y agoThe bottom has fallen out of the ad market recently. Anyway, content blocking is still opt-in. That means most people will never enable it, and the people who enable it are probably not going to click on your ads anyway. But most importantly, if users are going out of their way to avoid paying you, your business model is plain broken. No point trying to prop it up by banning ad blockers.
- srameshc 11y agoI wanted to stay away from the discussion weather ads are effective or not business model. My question was what would happen to the smaller sites who still monetize through ads.
- sp332 11y agoBut isn't that the same question? If ads make enough money, then they're "effective". If they don't, they're not.
- srameshc 11y agoWhat is not enough money for you could be enough money for someone else. It is hardly a basis for anyone to judge other's judgement.
- sp332 11y agoOf course. So we can't possibly answer your question. Maybe they will be killed and maybe they won't. But my point is, it's not Apple's fault at all. It's also hardly the fault of the ad blockers. It's all due to the users who intentionally install them and use them for their browsing. It's the users who are making the decision to block ads.