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Because aside from insidious advertisements, it's the only compensation mechanism that provides revenue to publishers without demanding a behavioral change from
by kweks 7y ago
Because aside from insidious advertisements, it's the only compensation mechanism that provides revenue to publishers without demanding a behavioral change from users.
Obviously, there need to be intelligent structures in place - and these can be enforced by the browser (as they already are today) - CPU limits for inactive tabs, CPU limits based off the computer's power-mode. The ability to disable mining at the cost of seeing advertisements.
- distances 7y agoI'm not sure why you think people avoiding ads would accept mining. I find mining environmentally unethical even when you're using your own resources; it's mindboggling to me that distributing this to general population is even an idea worth discussing.