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Anything that expedites the process of moving from ads to paying "somehow else" for good content is good. But it falls on the technologists side to come up with
by return0 10y ago
Anything that expedites the process of moving from ads to paying "somehow else" for good content is good. But it falls on the technologists side to come up with something that replaces ads. Redditors are only curing a symptom.
- HappyTypist 10y agoAds have been fine for years until they started tracking you around, flashing annoying animations, auto playing sound or video or taking up the whole page. I'm perfectly content with banner and text ads, as long as they're not animated.
- mirimir 10y agoAds have never been safe. I got adware from an ad ~15 years ago.
- emp_zealoth 10y agoI believe it was said about web experience itself, not security side of things
- mirimir 10y agoThat was the focus, yes. But "ads have been fine" was a far broader claim, and just too wrong to ignore. One bloody ad cost me hours of unbillable time. I even invoiced the site ;)
- gedrap 10y agoI don't think that ads were fine for the past decade (I'd even say that they got better but that's just based on my memory). What has changed is that adblocking reached mainstream.
- LeoNatan25 10y agoGood for you being content. I am not. I do not want to see advertisement. I am willing to pay for high quality content. Now where are my options?
- lmm 10y agoNo-one has a responsibility to keep Wired or Forbes in business. Either they'll figure out a business model that works, or they won't; either way it's not the redditors' problem.
- return0 10y agoObviously redditors like their articles, so they will have a problem too. I don't think this is black-and-white "ads are bad/readers are good" issue.
- krapp 10y agoForbes will go out of business, and redditors might be mildly annoyed for a minute. All of the power is in the hands of the users, and users don't want to negotiate in this case.
- mynewtb 10y agoI think you overestimate the value of random sources of entertainment. Take away one, people will cry for a day, a week later it is forgotten. We have an incredible abundance of content.
- VLM 10y ago"Obviously redditors like their articles" Do they? Isn't being coated in ads a normal condition of clickbait? Is clickbait high quality content?