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> But even scientific papers often have lines saying "Sponsored by NSF grant #1234." Yeah, this brings a whole new slant onto the argument. It may be that ther
by mnw21cam 10y ago
> But even scientific papers often have lines saying "Sponsored by NSF grant #1234."
Yeah, this brings a whole new slant onto the argument. It may be that there is some text attached to a document that must legally accompany that document. For instance, would it ever be alright for an ad-blocker to remove something like "Copyright 2018 ACME corporation"?
In what way is "This work was supported by a grant from ACME corporation" different?
- omginternets 10y agoThe NSF grant funds public research done (in principle) for the common interest. ACME's logo on public research has little or nothing to do with ACME's logo on a private, commercial website. In the former case, it's a certification and proof-of-work (on behalf of the NSF). In the latter case, it's literally commercial advertising. I think comparing advertising to public research is a big fat red herring. Here troyhunt.com has a business problem: environmental forces make "simple" sponsorship an unreliable source of revenue. It takes few users to get the sponsorship link blacklisted on EasyList as intrusive (read: unpalatable) advertising. Clearly, you cannot make money doing things this way. There are no easy solutions, but native advertising seems to work.