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If there were no ads anywhere on the internet than everything would be on an even playing field. Currently a site that offers a paid service for something that
by izzydata 3y ago
If there were no ads anywhere on the internet than everything would be on an even playing field. Currently a site that offers a paid service for something that someone else gives away for free is at a huge disadvantage.
- charcircuit 3y agoEven if the web was on an even playing field it has to worry about being disrupted by other platforms that allow ads. That could take the form of Web2 which is the web + ad supported sites with backwards compatibility with the original web or it could take the form of mobile apps where users can get useful ad supported apps.
- drewcoo 3y ago> If there were no ads anywhere on the internet than everything would be on an even playing field. In one dimension. Maybe. Influencers would still be a thing. So would SEO. The web would be like some medieval map with vast uncharted territories and "here be dragons" but also the few known sites where everyone in the known web lives. Unless we dismantle media and tech monopolies, they will still dominate that web.