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I would completely tear down the ad-driven status quo in favour of people paying for things. People shouldn't have to punch in their credit card info to access
by omnicognate 3y ago
I would completely tear down the ad-driven status quo in favour of people paying for things. People shouldn't have to punch in their credit card info to access a youtube video and they shouldn't need to sign up for a subscription to youtube or any other site in order to access individual pieces of information. Payment should be only for content consumed and should be frictionless and consistent across all providers.
It's a pipe dream now, with the exploitative business models and consumer addictions well established, but there's an alternative history of the internet where this could have happened.
- ParetoOptimal 3y ago> I would completely tear down the ad-driven status quo in favour of people paying for things. As someone that grew up poor but now works in tech, I'm very hesitant to say that people paying for things is better than the ad-driven status quo. A good portion of people just wouldn't be able to pay and likely have a worse life by their standards (not yours or mine).
- omnicognate 3y agoI'd view extreme poverty as a problem for the state rather than advertisers, universal basic income (UBI) being one obvious approach, and access to information for those too poor to pay for it as a challenge that has been long addressed by public libraries. Solving these problems is neither an explicit goal of adverts nor something they achieve well as a side effect.