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DHH has talked before about his opposition to ad-based businesses. It is bread crumbs on a per user basis. That means you need a huge number of eyeballs to prof
by alayne 17y ago
DHH has talked before about his opposition to ad-based businesses. It is bread crumbs on a per user basis. That means you need a huge number of eyeballs to profit. Building a system so large and popular that it gets that many users is difficult and there is a lottery factor.
On the moral side, people don't like advertising. That's the seamy underbelly of Google; they are constantly playing this game of how much advertising pain will people endure for their free services. You know, maybe stoplights could flash some adsense ads relevant to the types of passing vehicles to cover infrastructure costs. I don't want to live in adsense world.
- axod 17y agoIt's a niche viewpoint. I do want to live in an adsense world, as do most users. They find adverts useful. >> "DHH has talked before about his opposition to ad-based businesses. It is bread crumbs on a per user basis. That means you need a huge number of eyeballs to profit. Building a system so large and popular that it gets that many users is difficult and there is a lottery factor." I think basically, it's 'harder'. It's a harder problem to solve. But really, you can setup a profitable website in the right niche earning good money from advertising easily without requiring large number of eyeballs.
- armandososa 17y agoPeople don't like advertising? I think it is an unfair generalization. People love free stuff and are willing to endure advertising because they love free stuff. The charge upfront idea is great for some business but let's be honest: if every website did that and the whole internet was behind a paywall the web would die.