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Maybe so, but this discussion usually conflates four sentiments: 1. I do/don't think the content is worth the subscription. 2. I do/don't think advertising sh
by munchbunny 8y ago
Maybe so, but this discussion usually conflates four sentiments:
1. I do/don't think the content is worth the subscription.
2. I do/don't think advertising should be used to support the business.
3. I have issues with the privacy implications of advertising.
4. I don't want to pay but I also don't want to deal with ads.
Though maybe you're expressing a fifth? "I don't see why they need to spend this much money to make this content."
- michaelmrose 8y agoI read a broad selection of content and don't necessarily know ahead of time which publications are going to produce the useful/interesting content this month. I cannot afford to support dozens of publications which still might not include all the content I want to read because article foo is from yet a different publication. Guessing ahead of time seems both broken and expensive compared to grazing one a continuous stream of interesting data supported by ads consumed by people too stupid to install adblocking. In theory modest advertising could probably easily pay for the people that actually produce the content, In theory micropayments might work too. In reality they insist on wasting most of the money they earn and deploying intrusive ads and bullying to try to make me subscribe so they can keep wasting money. My choices are to either give them a big middle finger or surrender my computer to their nonsense and prop up their poorly thought out business model. As adblockers become increasingly prevalent and decreasing numbers pay for subscriptions this will obviously be increasingly difficult for content creators but solving their problems isn't my problem. Since I only control my computer I will just keep doing whats best for me.