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Decades of internet use has shown me that people absolutely do not want to pay for content. The average person will choose free+ads over paying every time.
by ThrowawayTestr 2y ago
Decades of internet use has shown me that people absolutely do not want to pay for content. The average person will choose free+ads over paying every time.
- Workaccount2 2y agoA large subset of those will choose free+ads with ad-block, so free+free. Then they will complain that the internet is full of trash content that doesn't suite them.
- pixl97 2y ago>Then they will complain that the internet is full of trash content that doesn't suite them. This will happen regardless if you paid for content or not. The natural world is filled with parasites, it is an effective evolutionary strategy.
- techjamie 2y agoAs someone that blocks ads with a vengeance, I'll turn off my ad blocker when advertising companies turn off their privacy invasion, and stop running ads for criminals and scammers.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoAs another person that blocks ads with vengeance, I'll turn off my ad blocker only when advertising companies go bankrupt and effectively disappear from the face of the planet. Even non-surveilling, non-criminal advertising is still brain poison. Why would I want to ever expose myself to that? Especially when on the margin, the damage inflicted to my life by ads is usually comparable to, or greater than, the value provided by the piece of content nested between those ads.
- skydhash 2y agoFree is free, and you can choose not to look at the ads. No wonder people are taking this option. In the process, it cheapens the whole thing.