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Here's my proposal to replace ads: 1. The server does not send the content to you, unless you pay. Websites are responsible for deciding what to give out for f
by whatshisface 3y ago
Here's my proposal to replace ads:
1. The server does not send the content to you, unless you pay. Websites are responsible for deciding what to give out for free - only public "abstracts" of NYT articles get search indexing.
2. Some browsers keep an account for you, others show you ads and let the advertising companies pay your way through the internet.
3. Anyone who wants to run a server for free or host P2P content may still do it.
All of the advanced tracking technology would be unnecessary if some people browsed through their adsense consumer account and other people ran a tab with their "content intermediary" to pay websites to serve (anonymous) address x.y.z.w.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago> All of the advanced tracking technology would be unnecessary if some people browsed through their adsense consumer account Well yeah, if you do all the tracking officially and up front there's no need to tack it on, but that's not a win. > and other people ran a tab with their "content intermediary" to pay websites to serve (anonymous) address x.y.z.w. Thereby ensuring that the intermediary does the tracking. None of this gives the user privacy.
- whatshisface 3y agoThe content intermediary could offer anonymity as a service and a selling point, like a VPN. Putting the tracking up front is a win because you'd be able to escape it.
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