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Black and white thinking. Content creators can still get paid. They just need to figure out a business model that doesn't hijack my browsing session, use the li
by fucking_tragedy 11y ago
Black and white thinking. Content creators can still get paid. They just need to figure out a business model that doesn't hijack my browsing session, use the limited mobile data I'm allotted and pay for each month to serve unwanted content, drain my battery, eat my CPU, track my reading/surfing/porn habits and potentially run malicious code on my machines.
- ssharp 11y agoYou seem to think content creators sit in some evil dungeon, plotting out ways to screw their readers with ads. That's not really it at all. There are a limited number of ad networks out there and publishers attach themselves to one or more of them. At that point, the publisher is largely clear of the process, unless they're negotiating custom deals of some sort, which happens with larger sites but is far less common than small sites. The people doing the tracking aren't the content sites -- it's the ad networks. As a publisher, I'm not privy to your personal details.
- fucking_tragedy 11y agoI'm under no such impression. Thanks for the image, though. I am under the impression that they are okay with or ambivalent towards tactics used by the ad-networks, because they'll block you for using an adblocker.
- ssharp 11y agoWhat's the reasonable alternative?
- darpa_escapee 11y agoNot my problem.