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Advertisers will just lower their bids, so it mostly hurts the publishers of the websites you visit.
by eli 10y ago
Advertisers will just lower their bids, so it mostly hurts the publishers of the websites you visit.
- amelius 10y ago> Advertisers will just lower their bids, so it mostly hurts the publishers of the websites you visit. ... who will then have to revert to a more sane monetization scheme, which doesn't mess with their visitors' data.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoI doubt it. More likely, who will progress to even more insane monetization schemes...
- TeMPOraL 10y agoThe law is the ceiling, per the wise saw that any sufficiently advanced business model is indistinguishable from a scam. I hope we'll reach peak insanity soon, and then some trace amount of humanity will return to the industry.
- eli 10y agoI understand where you're coming from, but this seems an awfully aggressive way to send that message to websites that you presumably like and find useful. Merely blocking ads isn't enough?
- davidgerard 10y agoWhatever works. If advertisers and their apologists express pain at a given action, it's probably an action worth trying. (source: the comments on this page.)
- CaptSpify 10y agoThere have already been multiple attempts at allowing acceptable, quality ads. Nobody played along. Subtle didn't cut it, so now we're escalating to aggressive. Advertisers had their chance and they blew it. No sympathy from me
- DougN7 10y agoNot if advertising is what brings in sales. I've seen my ad prices go up every year. I can't lower bids or my ads don't show and I won't get sales.