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When I'm reading your website I'm running AdBlock, Ghostery, NoScript and RequestPolicy. I trust you and you alone - and although I have nothing against paying
by psionski 13y ago
When I'm reading your website I'm running AdBlock, Ghostery, NoScript and RequestPolicy. I trust you and you alone - and although I have nothing against paying for information that essentially allows me to become a better person (in general, at my job, in life, etc.), I rarely have a chance.
You may be able to convince me to trust your partners, like StackOverflow does - "hey, they are cool guys, we work with them, you should probably check them out", but never to trust an entire ad-serving network, especially because IT'S A FRIGGIN AD-SERVING NETWORK. These guys specialize in tracking people and profile building, it's an Internet Gestapo that sells stuff. This includes Google Ads, of course (maybe even more so, because they are the largest such network and have the greatest tracking power).
Even a paywall is better than ads when executed correctly - if you at least let me read your old articles this will probably be enough. Then you just need a payment form or a Bitcoin address - none of my plug-ins will block those. I'd be happier if you just trust me in return and let me pay without a paywall, though.