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Agreed, I did say "as it stands today." Sites would adapt to the new reality and those who didn't would get buried. I do think though that people who adblock n
by FreeKill 14y ago
Agreed, I did say "as it stands today." Sites would adapt to the new reality and those who didn't would get buried.
I do think though that people who adblock now do so cause it's relatively fringe and they feel like they are a drop in the bucket and not harmful to the site. If it was suddenly mainstream, I think a lot of folks would realize the old ads weren't so bad as the new paradigm and would opt for ads over paywalls.
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- belorn 14y agoContrary, I rather have paywalls. When data is being sent to my device, I want to be allowed to decide if it is shown on the screen. If executable code is sent to the computer, I want to decide if it will run. If code design to track and monitor my is being sent to my computer, I want to decide if it will be running or blocked. When people have ownership of their device with the option to block ads, people will block ads. The only way to enforce ad-viewing is to take away that ownership. In that world, I rather take paywalls.