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Ask HN: How Much Would You Pay for Google to be Ad Free?

8 points by kentf 14y ago

All Google services. One flat fee, with the ability to turn off ALL Ads if you want to

kentf 14y ago
$100
kentf 14y ago
< $100
kentf 14y ago
$100 - $200
kentf 14y ago
$201 - $300
kentf 14y ago
> $300
stfu 14y ago
per month, per year, per lifetime? Depends on how the data is stored. If privacy mechanisms are high and a client sided encryption option available maybe $10/m.
- kentf 14y ago
  I think per year would be their style.
atomical 14y ago
$0. Ads don't bother me.
- kentf 14y ago
  As long as they are relevant I agree.
  - atomical 14y ago
    Since I'm not reading them they can be ads for garden hoses for all I care.
pmboyd 14y ago
$0
Craiggybear 14y ago
Pointless question. It isn't their business model.
zxypoo 14y ago
$0
will_ 14y ago
$100 per year.
brianjolney 14y ago
I actually prefer the ads in certain instances. If a company is willing to pay per click, they probably have an offer that is compelling to me.
zethraeus 14y ago
All ads and all tracking on the net? I'd do between $100 and $200 per year for sure. The more hypothetical, but interesting question: if you had to pay for it to use it, how much would you spend? Assuming no free bing substitute, I'd gladly shell out $1000/year.
nl 14y ago
$0, maybe less. Google ads provide enough value for me on some searches that I would actively seek them out. I think I am extravagating to say I would actually pay for the ads, but I'd choose them over a free service without ads.
kjhughes 14y ago
$0, but it's not likely to happen anyway... Selling an ad-free version of their services would undermine the value of the audience presented to their advertisers. It would also be tantamount to admitting that their ads are annoying, if even in a minor way, and this would contradict their efforts to deliver relevant ads unobtrusively.
whalesalad 14y ago
I don't even notice them. I don't notice ads on most sites unless it's the obnoxious ones. I actually don't even know how the cost-per-click ads generate revenue. I've never clicked one in my life.
obilgic 14y ago
join.search.net
velodrome 14y ago
$0. I think the real question is how much money to keep your information anonymous.
4qbomb 14y ago
What if it was based on how much you used it? If you only use gmail it would be $x but if you used gmail + docs it would be $x + $y? Or maybe $x per 1000 searches.... I dunno
- 4qbomb 14y ago
  Kind of like a Heroku or PHPFog model....
noahtkoch 14y ago
~$300/year
ariwilson 14y ago
$0. I like the ads.
neuroPrometheus 14y ago
A site http://www.reputation.com http://www.reputation.com [1] apparently says you're worth up to $5000 per year. If it's true, people underestimate the value of their information greatly. [1] http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/01/25/who-would-pay-5000-to-use-google-you/?link=SM_hp_ls4e http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/01/25/who-would-pay-...
ahxxm 14y ago
Chrome with:Do Not Track Plus + AdBlock Plus
SoCool 14y ago
$0/yr
billsinc 14y ago
Maybe $100/year.
binarydreams 14y ago
$0, google ads do not bother me really (whether relevant or irrelevant).
holyjaw 14y ago
Doesn't matter; you can't pay enough. If Google went ad-free, it would be out of business within months. The Internet would regress by a number of years. This collateral damage is, quite frankly, beyond out combined bankrolls.
madmax108 14y ago
$0 (=Rs.0 ... I'm from India). I use FFx+ Adblock all the time, and Ctrl+Shift+P (Private Mode) when I need the added protection of invisibility (as well as Torbutton to use Tor for a 3rd layer of safety.) Google, by it's past record, is a company I can trust (ofcourse only to a certain extent) with my data. Facebook on the other hand... EDIT: Related: Would Twitter be better if your paid for it? : http://gigaom.com/2012/07/22/free-vs-paid-would-twitter-be-better-if-you-paid-for-it/ http://gigaom.com/2012/07/22/free-vs-paid-would-twitter-be-b...
digitalengineer 14y ago
Shouldn't the REAL question be: How much are you willing to pay in order to be deleted from all of Google's databases (and start with a clean slate)? (Your personal search-history, what sites you visited, your e-mail, contents of your Google docs, your personal wifi and passwords that were scanned by the Google maps cars, your entire profile...) How much would that be worth?
ciferkey 14y ago
Personally I have no incentive to pay since ABP removes them already...
herval 14y ago
I'm perfectly fine with the ads... So zero dollars for me too
joeycfan 14y ago
I actually LIKE the Google ads as they target me so well. As as member of western civilization, I am highly trained to ignore ads - but with Google, I have learned to overcome that and actually peruse them,,

8 points by kentf 14y ago

All Google services. One flat fee, with the ability to turn off ALL Ads if you want to

kentf 14y ago

$100

kentf 14y ago

< $100

kentf 14y ago

$100 - $200

kentf 14y ago

$201 - $300

kentf 14y ago

> $300

stfu 14y ago

per month, per year, per lifetime? Depends on how the data is stored. If privacy mechanisms are high and a client sided encryption option available maybe $10/m.

kentf 14y ago
I think per year would be their style.

atomical 14y ago

$0. Ads don't bother me.

kentf 14y ago
As long as they are relevant I agree.
- atomical 14y ago
  Since I'm not reading them they can be ads for garden hoses for all I care.

pmboyd 14y ago

Craiggybear 14y ago

Pointless question. It isn't their business model.

zxypoo 14y ago

will_ 14y ago

$100 per year.

brianjolney 14y ago

I actually prefer the ads in certain instances. If a company is willing to pay per click, they probably have an offer that is compelling to me.

zethraeus 14y ago

All ads and all tracking on the net? I'd do between $100 and $200 per year for sure. The more hypothetical, but interesting question: if you had to pay for it to use it, how much would you spend? Assuming no free bing substitute, I'd gladly shell out $1000/year.

nl 14y ago

$0, maybe less. Google ads provide enough value for me on some searches that I would actively seek them out. I think I am extravagating to say I would actually pay for the ads, but I'd choose them over a free service without ads.

kjhughes 14y ago

$0, but it's not likely to happen anyway... Selling an ad-free version of their services would undermine the value of the audience presented to their advertisers. It would also be tantamount to admitting that their ads are annoying, if even in a minor way, and this would contradict their efforts to deliver relevant ads unobtrusively.

whalesalad 14y ago

I don't even notice them. I don't notice ads on most sites unless it's the obnoxious ones. I actually don't even know how the cost-per-click ads generate revenue. I've never clicked one in my life.

obilgic 14y ago

join.search.net

velodrome 14y ago

$0. I think the real question is how much money to keep your information anonymous.

4qbomb 14y ago

What if it was based on how much you used it? If you only use gmail it would be $x but if you used gmail + docs it would be $x + $y? Or maybe $x per 1000 searches.... I dunno

4qbomb 14y ago
Kind of like a Heroku or PHPFog model....

noahtkoch 14y ago

~$300/year

ariwilson 14y ago

$0. I like the ads.

neuroPrometheus 14y ago

A site http://www.reputation.com http://www.reputation.com [1] apparently says you're worth up to $5000 per year. If it's true, people underestimate the value of their information greatly. [1] http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/01/25/who-would-pay-5000-to-use-google-you/?link=SM_hp_ls4e http://blogs.smartmoney.com/advice/2012/01/25/who-would-pay-...

ahxxm 14y ago

Chrome with:Do Not Track Plus + AdBlock Plus

SoCool 14y ago

$0/yr

billsinc 14y ago

Maybe $100/year.

binarydreams 14y ago

$0, google ads do not bother me really (whether relevant or irrelevant).

holyjaw 14y ago

Doesn't matter; you can't pay enough. If Google went ad-free, it would be out of business within months. The Internet would regress by a number of years. This collateral damage is, quite frankly, beyond out combined bankrolls.

madmax108 14y ago

$0 (=Rs.0 ... I'm from India). I use FFx+ Adblock all the time, and Ctrl+Shift+P (Private Mode) when I need the added protection of invisibility (as well as Torbutton to use Tor for a 3rd layer of safety.) Google, by it's past record, is a company I can trust (ofcourse only to a certain extent) with my data. Facebook on the other hand... EDIT: Related: Would Twitter be better if your paid for it? : http://gigaom.com/2012/07/22/free-vs-paid-would-twitter-be-better-if-you-paid-for-it/ http://gigaom.com/2012/07/22/free-vs-paid-would-twitter-be-b...

digitalengineer 14y ago

Shouldn't the REAL question be: How much are you willing to pay in order to be deleted from all of Google's databases (and start with a clean slate)? (Your personal search-history, what sites you visited, your e-mail, contents of your Google docs, your personal wifi and passwords that were scanned by the Google maps cars, your entire profile...) How much would that be worth?

ciferkey 14y ago

Personally I have no incentive to pay since ABP removes them already...

herval 14y ago

I'm perfectly fine with the ads... So zero dollars for me too

joeycfan 14y ago

I actually LIKE the Google ads as they target me so well. As as member of western civilization, I am highly trained to ignore ads - but with Google, I have learned to overcome that and actually peruse them,,