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What would you do if every website blocked you from visiting them? What would you do if every site online started charging money to view their content? To me,
by stevesearer 14y ago
What would you do if every website blocked you from visiting them? What would you do if every site online started charging money to view their content?
To me, it is useful to extending these ideas to their logical extreme to see what type of internet I would want to use. And for me, I would much rather not have to pay a subscription to view content, but instead see a few ads in exchange for viewing content.
On the site I run, which discusses office design projects and trends, my goal is to be much more magazine-like so that seeing an ad for a new office chair is basically the same as seeing content. Because my readers are interested in office design and learning about new products, seeing an ad for a new chair is not a negative experience.
- Nursie 14y agoI don't think it would extend to every website. Some of my favourites already don't advertise. I do allow text ads through because they're not intrusive, and am quite happy that adblock added that option. So perhaps the internet and I would reach a compromise - I would go to sites for whom that is acceptable. There is another factor though - it doesn't matter if you serve me ads or not, I am so put off by any and all advertising that I will never click through. Not ever. So I'm probably a net loss to any site owner regardless. To me it seems a bit like the Do Not Call lists that so many advertisers seem so opposed to. Why is that? Surely the folks on those lists are the people most likely to yell obscenities at you and avoid your brand forever if you call them?