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I worked at an ad search company for local businesses. This question was raised at all hands: what if we provided a paid ad-free experience? The answer was sim
by itake 4y ago
I worked at an ad search company for local businesses. This question was raised at all hands: what if we provided a paid ad-free experience?
The answer was simply: we earn $35/mo per user from ads. Do you think people pay that much for an ad-free experience? Our most valuable users might can afford that fee, but we earn way more from them.
- BizarroLand 4y agoPlus, how many ad companies are there? How many different people would we have to pay to browse without ads? How many companies, once the ad revenue dries up, would charge for content? How many would charge for content AND heavily lace their websites with ads? How expensive would the internet be if we had to directly pay for every website we wanted to use? Personally, I think the internet is worth the cost of access. I don't think sites are worth an additional premium on top of that.