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I could be missing something but this seems orthogonal to Patreon. Patreon is great specifically for things that aren't meant to generate lots of pageviews, and
by fenomas 12y ago
I could be missing something but this seems orthogonal to Patreon. Patreon is great specifically for things that aren't meant to generate lots of pageviews, and thus could never get by with ads.
This seems more like a "like ads but better" thing. Google appears to be saying, "Until now, you paid the advertiser by buying their products, they paid us, and we paid the websites. Let's keep doing that, except without the advertiser." Which is obviously great for Google, though I'm not sure how much it benefits anyone else.
- richdougherty 12y agoThis would benefit me, because I don't want to see ads, but I also want to support the sites I visit. At the moment I block ads but I feel bad about it. Manually donating to each site isn't realistic given human psychology; people simply won't do it. Something more automatic is better, even if it's not perfect. So I really like the idea. Downsides for me: - only works for sites with Google ads on them, not for other ad networks or for sites that want to be ad-free - tracking presumably still happens; it would be nicer if there was some sort of protocol to automatically pay sites anonymously
- quadrangle 12y agoDO NOT FEEL BAD FOR BLOCKING ADS! Ads are not respectful to you, usually track you, and are generally deceptive, promote shit you shouldn't actually bother with usually… Manually donating is indeed a problem, but if you want to send a subscription donation, you don't need Google Contributor. And anyway, you should donate to the sites that forgo ads in the first place — they are the ones that deserve it.