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Perhaps we're coming to an understanding that third-party advertising isn't such a great revenue model for the web because it requires users to abandon security
by johnhenry 11y ago
Perhaps we're coming to an understanding that third-party advertising isn't such a great revenue model for the web because it requires users to abandon security. It's becoming increasingly clear that what we get for free by allowing these ads simply isn't worth giving up our security.
- oneeyedpigeon 11y agoYou might have meant this, but the problem isn't strictly third-party advertising, it's advertising delivered by a third party. Nothing wrong [1] with company a paying for company b to host an image and deliver it along with its content, just as offline advertising works. [1] Well, less wrong ...
- johnhenry 11y agoYes "advertising delivered by a third party" is a more accurate description.