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It's definitely not fair, but publishers were already driving away users with screens full of ads, newsletter pop ups, "affiliate" links, and padded-out content

It's definitely not fair, but publishers were already driving away users with screens full of ads, newsletter pop ups, "affiliate" links, and padded-out content (so people scroll more and see more ads). Users aren't going to shed any tears for them.

wapeoifjaweofji 1y ago
The AI results are also going to be filled with that kind of trash if they aren't already.
- j_timberlake 1y ago
  People have been claiming AI text will be filled with ads since long before ChatGPT, and I'm sure they'll continue to await it for years to come.
  - wapeoifjaweofji 1y ago
    Indeed, even the OpenAI CFO continues to actively await them. > Sarah Friar, chief financial officer at OpenAI, told the Financial Times in an interview that the $150bn AI start-up was weighing up an ads model, adding that it planned to be “thoughtful about when and where we implement them [ads]”. https://www.ft.com/content/9350d075-1658-4d3c-8bc9-b9b3dfc29b26 https://www.ft.com/content/9350d075-1658-4d3c-8bc9-b9b3dfc29... https://archive.ph/GlE3F https://archive.ph/GlE3F
stranded22 1y ago
When the quality content continues to disappear, then they will care - and it will be too late. We’re talking Future Publishing or even NYT here…
- j_timberlake 1y ago
  NYT dying because of moderate changes to Google search is a gigantic slippery-slope argument, and would be such a slow process that there'd be plenty of time to pivot anyway.
  - reaperducer 1y ago
    As a point of interest, New York Times quarterly profit is up 22% from a year ago. 250,000 new subscribers in the quarter. 11.6 million subscribers. 600,000 of them get the dead tree edition. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/new-york-times-adds-250000-digital-subscribers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/new-york-t...

wapeoifjaweofji 1y ago

The AI results are also going to be filled with that kind of trash if they aren't already.

j_timberlake 1y ago
People have been claiming AI text will be filled with ads since long before ChatGPT, and I'm sure they'll continue to await it for years to come.
- wapeoifjaweofji 1y ago
  Indeed, even the OpenAI CFO continues to actively await them. > Sarah Friar, chief financial officer at OpenAI, told the Financial Times in an interview that the $150bn AI start-up was weighing up an ads model, adding that it planned to be “thoughtful about when and where we implement them [ads]”. https://www.ft.com/content/9350d075-1658-4d3c-8bc9-b9b3dfc29b26 https://www.ft.com/content/9350d075-1658-4d3c-8bc9-b9b3dfc29... https://archive.ph/GlE3F https://archive.ph/GlE3F

stranded22 1y ago

When the quality content continues to disappear, then they will care - and it will be too late. We’re talking Future Publishing or even NYT here…

j_timberlake 1y ago
NYT dying because of moderate changes to Google search is a gigantic slippery-slope argument, and would be such a slow process that there'd be plenty of time to pivot anyway.
- reaperducer 1y ago
  As a point of interest, New York Times quarterly profit is up 22% from a year ago. 250,000 new subscribers in the quarter. 11.6 million subscribers. 600,000 of them get the dead tree edition. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/new-york-times-adds-250000-digital-subscribers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/business/media/new-york-t...