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If enough users adopt this, the effect will be advertisers flee whatever websites those users frequent. The end result being those websites (due to declines in
by throwaway7312 9y ago
If enough users adopt this, the effect will be advertisers flee whatever websites those users frequent.
The end result being those websites (due to declines in revenue) cut their staffs, reducing the quantity and quality of their content. And then AdNauseum users complain on certain subreddits about the declining quality of the target sites.
AdNauseum seems to be a case of "you destroy what you love."
- kaffeemitsahne 9y agoSomething that can only support itself with ads has no right to exist at all in my view.
- neotek 9y agoWhat a ridiculous way to think.
- squarefoot 9y agoBadly exposed, maybe, but surely not ridiculous. We are so used to wasting hours alone in front of a screen while being bombarded by advertising that we are totally forgetting what it looks like to get out and speak with other people. Word of mouth, baby. When a product is good it makes a good subject for conversation with friends and relatives, and they surely don't cover my mouth with duct tape as a form of ad-blocking.
- hanetzer 9y agoOff topic, but are you still interested in those ActiveX h264 dvrs? I've got sdks for a few variants of a chip family commonly used in them and am working on reverse engineering their binary kernel modules, and was hoping to start gathering helpers.
- squarefoot 9y agoHi, thanks. I have only one of the old 4 inputs models left, but should get one of the new AHD ones and be able to do some tests in a while. I'm not expert in reverse engineering but if I can help I'll be glad to. I'm almost new here, if there is a way to send PMs to other people I didn't find it.
- hanetzer 9y agoNone that I know of, but you can find me on freenode in gentoo channels, other places, and #exploiteers. Gathering hardware data would be a good place to start.
- hanetzer 9y agoAlso, I'm still recovering from hurricane Harvey, so I may not be online as much as usual, but you can memoserv me and I'll get it once I'm back online.
- squarefoot 9y agoGot it, will contact you asap. I'm very sorry about the hurricane, best luck to all of you people over there.
- CaptSpify 9y agoWhy? I can't think of any quality product that relies solely on advertisement, and I can't think of any product that has become better once advertisements became a part of its funding.
- colejohnson66 9y agoHow exactly do truely free to use websites run if not with advertisements? Where does StackExchange get its money?
- CaptSpify 9y ago> How exactly do truely free to use websites run if not with advertisements? They don't. And I consider this a feature, not a bug. The www existed just fine before advertisers came onto the scene, and it can function even better when they leave.
- colejohnson66 9y agoAre you saying the internet would be a better place without StackExchange?
- CaptSpify 9y agoI think SE would indeed be a loss, but I do strongly believe that the loss would be well worth it to push out internet advertising. Additionally, I don't believe that SE's only viable financial model is advertisement.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y ago> reducing the quantity and quality of their content For many ad-based sites, the loss will be minimal.