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I'm the head tech guy at Zite. You are essentially correct — we display webpages in an optimized reading mode which is clean and loads much faster than the nat
by mikeklaas 16y ago
I'm the head tech guy at Zite. You are essentially correct — we display webpages in an optimized reading mode which is clean and loads much faster than the native web page.
- eli 16y agoMakes sense. I'm sure this greatly improves the user experience, but you can kinda see why it would make publishers unhappy, right? I guess it's a fine line, though. Presumably, one isn't committing copyright infringement by using AdBlock or a Readability browser plugin. So why treat you guys differently? (I guess because they can.)
- mikeklaas 16y agoWe want create an ecosystem where users get access to great content with a great UX and publishers get exposure to new readers. The eventual goal is to have an ad-supported model where both us and the publishers get a cut, and everybody wins! It's pretty tough to launch all of that right out of the gate, though, and that's why everything is free for now. Publishers who are unhappy about what we're doing can ask and we'll simply display their content in a web browser.