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I’ve said it multiple times ... aggressive ad-blocking is hurting the open web, because publishers need a revenue stream to survive and they won’t go down witho

• AlexandrB 8y ago
  Ads hurt the open web, because advertisers normally don't want to show up alongside even moderately risqué content. If we want sites with real freedom of expression, we have to find a real way to pay for it - via crowdfunding, micropayments, or whatever.
• heavyset_go 8y ago
  > This means shitty native apps, walled gardens and DRM. This was the case before ad-blocking was popular. Native apps with spyware and malware were the norm before web apps became a viable way to ensure people couldn't copy software. DRM was around before most people had internet access, for example, CSS on DVDs was introduced in 1996[1]. For a lot of people, their first introduction the internet was through a walled garden[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System [2] AOL's 'Walled Garden' (2000): https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB968104011203980910 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB968104011203980910