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The market is big enough for ad-free options. HBO built a business providing ad-free TV entertainment. The Economist built a business selling ad-free news peri
by alexmingoia 7y ago
The market is big enough for ad-free options.
HBO built a business providing ad-free TV entertainment. The Economist built a business selling ad-free news periodicals. YouTube provides a paid ad-free option.
You could look at the Web and say “it’s littered with ads” or you could look at the Web and say “it’s the largest collection of free information on the planet.”
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> YouTube provides a paid ad-free option. It's an "ad-free", with a large disclaimer under asterisk. > you could look at the Web and say “it’s the largest collection of free information on the planet.”* Or you could look at the way advertising influences curation of information, and how the viability of ad-based business models mean there's incentive to create sites with things that promise, but not deliver, information. You could look at that and say that the Internet is the largest collection of free disinformation on the planet. Most places that give reliable information do not show or involve themselves with advertising.
- alexmingoia 7y agoI have a different perspective and experience. Ads have enabled me to access information at little to no cost to me. Ads enable us to search the Internet. I learned to exercise, eat healthy, and much more from watching YouTube. I’ve learned a lot from newspapers and blogs. I’ve learned a lot from people on Twitter. Do I enjoy advertising? No, usually not. But from my perspective it’s a win-win. Companies promote their products and I get to read things for free. Look on the bright side.