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Let's imagine these features are extremely effective and widely adopted, and the advertising market evaporates. What do people think is going to happen to the c
by tqi 2y ago
Let's imagine these features are extremely effective and widely adopted, and the advertising market evaporates. What do people think is going to happen to the content ecosystem - suddenly all the low quality ad sponsored clickbait will disappear?
Personally, I think if the only way to earn a living is to convince people to pay for content, we will see much more polarization as consumers self select into their information silos, and producers are incentivized to produce content that flatters their readers sense of superiority and/or aggrievement.
- neverokay 2y agoProbably a lot more UI dark patterns such as the “Click here to read more” embedded inside an ad, login pages embedded in ads, etc. Can’t erase that stuff if you want to get to the content. And of course the immortal ad that randomly decides to move around the screen. Check out those illegal live tv streaming sites if you wanna see how bad this can get.