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I'm seeing a very lucrative bidding war here: - How much are AR owners willing to pay for blocking? - How much are AdTech firms willing to pay to be unblockab
by bell-cot 1y ago
I'm seeing a very lucrative bidding war here:
- How much are AR owners willing to pay for blocking?
- How much are AdTech firms willing to pay to be unblockable?
- bambax 1y agoNobody will buy glasses that block some of the ads; but I would pay for something that blocks all ads everywhere, including when I'm at a friend's house watching TV or YT and they don't have an ad blocker.
- bell-cot 1y ago> Nobody will buy glasses that block some of the ads... Aren't lots of people currently buying glasses that block none of the ads? And "naturally", the adtech folks learn and adapt, so any all-blocking AR glasses you buy today will get worse over time.
- bambax 1y agoGlasses that block none of the ads have other purposes and are light to wear; I'm guessing ad-blocking glasses would be bulkier and pricier so they would have to have something to show for it. Also, on the web (on non-Google browsers) uBlock Origin is still undefeated so the adtech folks adaptability is debatable.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoThat’s like saying people used to use browsers without an Adblock before adblocks were invented, therefore nobody would pay for an Adblock.
- bambax 1y agoWhat? No, that's not the same at all (and on the web, the best adblock is free).
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y agoThat’s already happened with browser plugins. The one who accepts no bribes won.
- bell-cot 1y agoNice if that was how it turned out. But AR glasses are hardware. And a few companies (say, Apple) have demonstrated that draconian control over the gates to walled-garden hardware can be very profitable.
- ndriscoll 1y agoMy experience has been that the nice parts of town (where the people who have that money live) tend to vote to ban outdoor ads.