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Why should one expect there to be "good" free content on any platform that permits content for the purposes of advertising? Is it not the natural result that m
by i_am_proteus 5y ago
Why should one expect there to be "good" free content on any platform that permits content for the purposes of advertising?
Is it not the natural result that monetized content dominates free content on any platform that permits both? After all, monetized content, because it leads to some sort of revenue for the creator, has an advertising budget, and free content does not.
The only way to to avoid such advertising is to not permit it on a given platform, or to require it to be explicitly financed (e.g., a subscription to a digital magazine). The internet, as a platform, has no such rules, and so it is dominated by advertising.
- hombre_fatal 5y agoThough blatant, obvious advertising isn’t the only form of advertising. And I’m not so sure that it’s the worst. You’re just pitching a platform that only launders ads through content because you only ban the detectable and perhaps even the most honest ads. It’s just not that easy.
- i_am_proteus 5y agoMy implication being that it's impossible to prevent this, rather than attempting to pitch an alternative.