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Who exactly would use this product? You'd have to be someone who doesn't mind ads, but doesn't like bad ones, while also being someone who is willing to pay fo
by etchalon 10y ago
Who exactly would use this product?
You'd have to be someone who doesn't mind ads, but doesn't like bad ones, while also being someone who is willing to pay for content so you do not see ads.
More to the point, in what possible universe is there a moral justification for stripping a publisher of the advertising they've selected, only to replace it with your own, and then dictating to the publisher what percentage of that revenue they deserve?
If you care about users, just strip out ads. Don't replace them.
If you care about publisher's getting paid, just establish a mechanism that makes it easy for people to stick a META tag in their header which shows a Bitcoin address for payment remittance.
Publisher's can then implement a mechanism to verify whether individual users have paid.
If your project needs to make a profit, either charge for the browser or the service which intelligently strips out ads, the way Tivo charges for their "Guide" feature.
This is a convoluted business model which helps literally no one other than Brave.
- StavrosK 10y ago> establish a mechanism that makes it easy for people to stick a META tag in their header which shows a Bitcoin address for payment remittance Hmm, that's an interesting idea. Has any such tag been standardized or proposed?
- etchalon 10y agoNot in a formalized way, as far as I can tell but I'm not the first person to ever mention that idea. I think I've seen a Chrome extension or two which do it.
- etchalon 10y agoAnd hey, if you want to make more money, offer a service which makes payment verification/notification really easy to integrate for publishers.
- hackuser 10y ago> Who exactly would use this product? People who value their privacy and don't like to be tracked
- etchalon 10y agoThose people would just use an AdBlocker, in their existing browser and on their mobile device.
- hackuser 10y agoSorry, I should have said: People who want content creators to be paid fairly, but who don't want to be tracked.
- whamlastxmas 10y agoDo you pay with a new, anonymous bitcoin address every single time? Because otherwise this seems like the ultimate tracking tool.
- SilasX 10y agoI suppose Brave could bundle a mixer service with it?
- 27182818284 10y agoI'd imagine the audience is similar to the people that "give gold" to strangers for a funny, insightful, etc comment on Reddit. To me it seems like the question is not whether or not people are willing, but is it easy enough to work.