4 ms·
Why shouldn’t businesses be able to require people to pay for their content?
by vosper 5y ago
Why shouldn’t businesses be able to require people to pay for their content?
- 6510 5y agoI will tell you for 10 euro
- _zzaw 5y agoThe more important question is why people feel the need to implement adblockers. If ads were less obnoxious and intrusive, people wouldn’t block them. In short: current site monetization tactics are objectionable and deserve to be thwarted. Rather than huffing about people who block ads, publishers and advertisers should consider that an incentive to come up with something better.
- endisneigh 5y agoYou’ve said a lot of words but ultimately you’re just trying to justify theft of content creators work. The very same people bypassing these paywalls will complain about clickbait and poor journalism.
- _zzaw 5y agoThat’s a valid point. I’ll admit I am concerned about the survival of competent journalism, and as far as paywalls go, I can’t consider them unreasonable or offensive. Ads/trackers are a different beast entirely. Sure, they also provide funding, but it’s a model that’s rooted in obnoxiousness, invasiveness, and disrespect. That approach needs to be punished, and I think loss of revenue is entirely justifiable; even beneficial, if it incentivizes more reasonable and respectful monetization strategies.
- BaronSamedi 5y agoIt is possible to agree that content creators should be paid and that ads are bad. Substack, for example, allows you to pay and doesn't have ads. Ads are one business model, not the only one.
- postalrat 5y agoI'm all for that. But I'm not for the bait and switch tactics of letting google index one document while serving another to users of google.