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I do like the idea of micropayments for content. But doing so under the auspices of an ad-blocking tool or any client-side tool smells too much like a protectio
by intrasight 10y ago
I do like the idea of micropayments for content. But doing so under the auspices of an ad-blocking tool or any client-side tool smells too much like a protection/extortion racket. This should be handled by the publishers themselves.
- viewer5 10y agoThis actually gave me a bad taste until I read your comment, now I'm wondering if that exact situation might be a positive. Maybe it's a plus if they can say "We're hiding your ads, but here's an alternative" rather than simply "We're hiding your ads", full-stop.
- eveningcoffee 10y agoThe question is does the alternative provide privacy or replaces it with another tracking tool.
- dageshi 10y agoThe record industry was incapable of doing that, it had to be imposed by outside companies. The TV/Movie industry is incapable of doing that, it has been imposed by Netflix/Amazon e.t.c. I don't think large publishers are any more capable of building their own micropayments system than either of the other industries I cited, they've certainly had long enough to try.
- belovedeagle 10y agoOfftopic, but "etc." isn't an acronym or initialism so shouldn't have periods after each letter. It is an abbreviation for "et cetera". Fun fact: historically it could also be rendered &c., because, after all, the ampersand is itself just a ligature for "et".
- nathanaldensr 10y agoMaybe they're saying that the Elite Tauren Chieftain imposed it? :-D
- dageshi 10y agoYou're right, I really don't know where I picked that up from, but I think I've been doing it for a long time now, don't think I can break the habit.
- intrasight 10y agoBut those are both examples of subscriptions businesses - which the publishers already do.
- donarb 10y agoWhere in the article does it say that Flattr is going to be integrated into the AdBlock software?