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How sad is that we need to jump trough hoops to just disable ads on our devices. And before ads advocate responds - ask for my money instead of polluting my me

How sad is that we need to jump trough hoops to just disable ads on our devices. And before ads advocate responds - ask for my money instead of polluting my mental space.

oxide 10y ago
Until ads went rogue and started serving me malware, I never had a problem with them. After being served up a malicious pop-up that silently installed a bitcoin miner a few years ago, I started whitelisting javascript with a plugin, blocking ads, etc. I haven't had a malware problem since I started doing this. I don't think it's a coincidence. The most convenient solution I've found for my phone is using the Firefox app, which has extension support.
- wernercd 10y ago
  Obligatory Forbes push to stop ad-blockers... followed by serving malware: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160111/05574633295/forbes-site-after-begging-you-turn-off-adblocker-serves-up-steaming-pile-malware-ads.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160111/05574633295/forbe...
tehlike 10y ago
There are certain attempts to bring this "pay for content" to masses. Current model of subscribing to each site doesnt work. I dont think there is one widely adopted solution exists that would let you do one payment and access to sites. I sae attempts like cointent and brave, but whether they stick or not is yet to be seen. Ps:google emp.
- true_religion 10y ago
  I'm not sure what you mean by "doesn't work". Subscription payments can be extremely profitable, leading the the continued existence and even expansion of the site. The only downside is that only people who subscribe can see the majority of the content. Ads merely mean that more people can access the same information, including people who could have never or would have never paid for it. Subscriptions are merely less egalitarian.
  - tehlike 10y ago
    hey - sorry, didn't see the message before. subscriptions today are per site. you have to maintain multiple subscriptions. Many people dislikes that. I wouldn't hesitate a second to subscribe if there was something that centralizes the subscription (like 10$ for month worth of content, split among publishers based on how much time i spend and what the value of content is).
rhizome 10y ago
You won't pay enough to make up for not showing you ads.

How sad is that we need to jump trough hoops to just disable ads on our devices. And before ads advocate responds - ask for my money instead of polluting my mental space.

oxide 10y ago

Until ads went rogue and started serving me malware, I never had a problem with them. After being served up a malicious pop-up that silently installed a bitcoin miner a few years ago, I started whitelisting javascript with a plugin, blocking ads, etc. I haven't had a malware problem since I started doing this. I don't think it's a coincidence. The most convenient solution I've found for my phone is using the Firefox app, which has extension support.

wernercd 10y ago
Obligatory Forbes push to stop ad-blockers... followed by serving malware: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160111/05574633295/forbes-site-after-begging-you-turn-off-adblocker-serves-up-steaming-pile-malware-ads.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160111/05574633295/forbe...

tehlike 10y ago

There are certain attempts to bring this "pay for content" to masses. Current model of subscribing to each site doesnt work. I dont think there is one widely adopted solution exists that would let you do one payment and access to sites. I sae attempts like cointent and brave, but whether they stick or not is yet to be seen. Ps:google emp.

true_religion 10y ago
I'm not sure what you mean by "doesn't work". Subscription payments can be extremely profitable, leading the the continued existence and even expansion of the site. The only downside is that only people who subscribe can see the majority of the content. Ads merely mean that more people can access the same information, including people who could have never or would have never paid for it. Subscriptions are merely less egalitarian.
- tehlike 10y ago
  hey - sorry, didn't see the message before. subscriptions today are per site. you have to maintain multiple subscriptions. Many people dislikes that. I wouldn't hesitate a second to subscribe if there was something that centralizes the subscription (like 10$ for month worth of content, split among publishers based on how much time i spend and what the value of content is).

rhizome 10y ago

You won't pay enough to make up for not showing you ads.