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> They will have to come up with a real business model. You know, where they give people something they want in exchange for money. Trading attention for conte
by ucaetano 9y ago
> They will have to come up with a real business model. You know, where they give people something they want in exchange for money.
Trading attention for content is a real business model. Just because you don't like doesn't make it any less real.
Not only that, the article we're discussing is ad-funded.
The reason you're reading it without paying for it is because it is ad-funded.
- sp332 9y agoThey either make something people (readers or advertisers or sponsors) will pay for or they go out of business. That's pretty normal. I don't see why it's so important to prop up a specific failing business model. There are other models.
- ucaetano 9y ago> I don't see why it's so important to prop up a specific failing business model. Nobody is propping up anything, let them do business. Don't like the ads? Don't access those websites. Vote with your wallet and clicks.
- hueving 9y ago>Nobody is propping up anything, let them do business. Did you read TFA? Browser vendors that allow invasive tracking are propping up this model.
- andrewjl 9y agoIt's a real business model until we deploy widespread ML-driven ad-blocking across all browsers. Not such a real business model after that. And it WILL happen, because ads are a nuisance and the browser market is competitive. You're fighting with gravity at this point.