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- cp9 11y agoSo it's patreon?
- Zikes 11y agoMy biggest concern with this is that it is still so integrated into the ads system. I don't use AdBlock and its kin solely because I don't want to see the ads, but also so that I am not tracked everywhere I go on the internet. This does not seem to address that.
- yincrash 11y agoDo you have an alternative way to determine whether you are a contributor to avoid displaying ads to you?
- Zikes 11y agoIf the service were launched as a wholly separate entity, with clearly stated legal terms for data privacy and retention, I would be able to accept that as a necessity.
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- Zikes 11y agoAdBlock would block the script necessary to identify me as a contributor, and the site owner wouldn't receive any payouts as a result of my visit.
- Touche 11y agoSo what if I disapprove of one of the participating sites?
- refrigerator 11y agoFrom my understanding, your money only goes to participating sites that you end up visiting.
- nrb 11y agoYou don't visit them, and they don't get your money?
- Throwaway90283 11y agoI just stumbled on this link, and apparently you can stop contributing to specific sites, and also select whether to contributor to all participating sites, or ones you specifically select. http://www.droid-life.com/2015/04/21/this-is-google-contributor/ http://www.droid-life.com/2015/04/21/this-is-google-contribu... It looks overpriced. I need to be signed into my Google account at all times when browsing the internet, pay $10-15/mo, and even then, it's only removing something like 50-75% of advertisements. It's more expensive than ad block, it removes less ads than ad block, and it leaves a big empty space that ad block can typically remove. This sounds like a poor experience for the end user, and I can't see it catching on.
- arielm 11y ago> "When you visit a participating website, part of your contribution goes to the creators of that site." Umm, why does Google have to control this sort of ad-prevention mechanic? Obviously because it lets them profit from potential lost ad revenue, but what about the publishers? What sort of "cut" are they getting? And why are they only getting a cut of contributions that are essentially for their content? The advertising business is getting really messy...
- sctb 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9154960 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9154960, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8637365 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8637365
- Throwaway90283 11y agoThis page has been online for a while, and it still appears to be limited to a very small, select number of publishers. Did anyone request an invitation and actually receive an invite during the last 5 months? I'm assuming this is another Google service that'll die before I'm able to try it.
- tlwaddington 11y agoWe're enabled as a publisher, though I can't try it without a US bank card.