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Is that so, though? I've often read (but sadly cannot reproduce links at this point) that ad revenue is a multiple of subscription revenue - meaning a paying su

by efdee 5y ago

Is that so, though? I've often read (but sadly cannot reproduce links at this point) that ad revenue is a multiple of subscription revenue - meaning a paying subscriber is worth a lot less than a non-paying-but-ad-watching subscriber. Maybe if ads were somehow banned and services would only exist on a subscription driven basis, we'd have have more content worth buying and less clickbaity stuff.

endisneigh 5y ago
> Maybe if ads were somehow banned and services would only exist on a subscription driven basis, we'd have have more content worth buying and less clickbaity stuff. Why ban ads though? Fundamentally after you encounter a site that has ads once you can simply choose not to go back if the content isn’t good enough to justify seeing the ads, right? Generally people like the content but don’t want the ads and aren’t willing to pay for subscription. News sites are the best examples of this.