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Advertising funds most of the internet. If you remove it, who's going to pay for it? You do understand that someone has to pay for it, right? Or do you propose

by p1esk 4y ago

Advertising funds most of the internet. If you remove it, who's going to pay for it? You do understand that someone has to pay for it, right? Or do you propose every social network starts charging its users? Do you really want and expect people to pay for google search, youtube, facebook, instagram, twitter, reddit, etc?

Nextgrid 4y ago
> Or do you propose every social network starts charging its users? Do you really want and expect people to pay for google search, youtube, facebook, instagram, twitter, reddit, etc? Yes, that's my point. People will pay for things they find valuable, switch to a cheaper alternative or do without (a lot of spammy content that is currently only funded by ad impressions and survives because you can't ask for a refund on an ad impression will no longer survive as nobody would pay).
- p1esk 4y ago
  People will pay Got any data to back up your claim?
  - Nextgrid 4y ago
    People routinely pay for various goods/services when they can't get them for free. I'm sure today you may have paid for groceries/transport/etc or used utilities for which you'll pay the bill at the end of the month. Why is "paying for things" fine in real life but such a weird concept when it's on the internet? In my previous comment I did say that a lot of content isn't worth paying for and will stop being produced for monetary gain (because the only way it currently survives is due to the non-refundability of ad impressions - people can't take back their "payment" even if they've been duped by clickbait/garbage content), but that doesn't mean all content/services will disappear - some has genuine value that will still be profitable to produce, some will keep being produced because the objective wasn't monetary gain to begin with.
    - p1esk 4y ago
      How do you know what people want? I, for example, am perfectly OK with advertising. I don’t want to pay to do a Google search or watch Youtube. So, I ask you again, do you have any data to support your opinion?

by p1esk 4y ago

Nextgrid 4y ago

> Or do you propose every social network starts charging its users? Do you really want and expect people to pay for google search, youtube, facebook, instagram, twitter, reddit, etc? Yes, that's my point. People will pay for things they find valuable, switch to a cheaper alternative or do without (a lot of spammy content that is currently only funded by ad impressions and survives because you can't ask for a refund on an ad impression will no longer survive as nobody would pay).

p1esk 4y ago
People will pay Got any data to back up your claim?
- Nextgrid 4y ago
  People routinely pay for various goods/services when they can't get them for free. I'm sure today you may have paid for groceries/transport/etc or used utilities for which you'll pay the bill at the end of the month. Why is "paying for things" fine in real life but such a weird concept when it's on the internet? In my previous comment I did say that a lot of content isn't worth paying for and will stop being produced for monetary gain (because the only way it currently survives is due to the non-refundability of ad impressions - people can't take back their "payment" even if they've been duped by clickbait/garbage content), but that doesn't mean all content/services will disappear - some has genuine value that will still be profitable to produce, some will keep being produced because the objective wasn't monetary gain to begin with.
  - p1esk 4y ago
    How do you know what people want? I, for example, am perfectly OK with advertising. I don’t want to pay to do a Google search or watch Youtube. So, I ask you again, do you have any data to support your opinion?