4 ms·
Although I agree with your first point, I think this is a symptom of a much larger problem that we are ignoring: We have a serious economic problem in which we
by CaptSpify 9y ago
Although I agree with your first point, I think this is a symptom of a much larger problem that we are ignoring:
We have a serious economic problem in which we can't fund things that we want and need. Instead of making advertising "less bad", we should be looking into alternative ways to fund sites and services. Advertising in it's current form simply needs to go.
- jacques_chester 9y agoMy bet is microsubscription, but that's only because it's something I've been working on (Robojar). Part of my motivation has been to make the best parts of the early web economically viable. For a few years it was normal to have relatively successful small sites with good writing and regular readers. They've largely been driven out by the economics of clickbait. I'd like to help that come back by breaking the rigid nexus between traffic and revenue. Adblock/flattr are doing something very similar. Google Contributor was, but seems to have morphed into a prepaid micropayment scheme. Patreon splits the middle. I still think the model where a single subscription fee is distributed amongst participating sites/services/apps approximately according to usage is the best overall model.
- marcusjt 9y agoFlattr http://flattr.com http://flattr.com is the best solution out there IMHO, Patreon is good but only makes sense if you're a regular/loyal consumer of a source.
- jacques_chester 9y agoFlattr is the closest to what I'm aiming at. Some minor scheme differences, quite distinct implementation. One thing I can do differently is to interoperate smoothly with paywalls without revealing user identity.