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> You have an unsustainable business model. You have an unsustainable business model given current available technical solutions that meet your ethical criteri

• alkonaut 10y ago
  Well, yes, it's unsustainable in the current about-to-die system of online advertising. I'm pretty sure that the death of online advertising as we know it will take a ton of small time sites down with it. That's sad in many cases, but unavoidable. Once advertising is back to a sustainable model, e.g. one where advertisers will pay reasonable money for displaying non-targeted non-tracking image ads - the possibility to have ad-sponsored content will return. Another future possibiliyt is some kind of successful micropayment network. But until we have that, there is just no saving a small ad-network funded site.
  • andybak 10y ago
    I think that the minute it looks like online advertising is dying somebody will spot a gap in the market and create a less odious network. There probably already is a few. We just need to keep up the pressure and awareness. For me - serving malware is unforgivable - and something we can all get behind no matter where we stand on the more nuanced issues around tracking and personalization.