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I can empathize with websites that lost revenue due to adblock being so prevalent. This has driven websites to put up a paywall. The internet was much better w
by aurareturn 1y ago
I can empathize with websites that lost revenue due to adblock being so prevalent. This has driven websites to put up a paywall.
The internet was much better when it was ad driven than paywall driven like it is now.
I realize that my opinion is unpopular on HN. Website owners need to eat too.
- fodmap 1y agoAds in the 'good old days' were generic ads, not anti-privacy, tracking hungry like now. I don't mind the former but I'm active against the latter.
- Suzuran 1y agoNot to mention the bad actors that use ad networks to drop malware, and the ad networks that don't give a shit because all money is green.
- Ylpertnodi 1y agoI used to spend hours getting rid of ads in the old days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxomitron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxomitron
- account42 1y agoI can't: ads are simply unethical. If you depend on ads, find a better business model.
- hulitu 1y ago> The internet was much better when it was ad driven than paywall driven like it is now. No. It was the same crap. We disabled javascript in old browsers and the internet worked as intended. Nowadays the browser is written in javascript. :(