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"The publisher could tell users that ads pay for content, and encourage them to either enable ads, subscribe to a site to enjoy the content for free, or view a

by rcheu 11y ago

"The publisher could tell users that ads pay for content, and encourage them to either enable ads, subscribe to a site to enjoy the content for free, or view a certain number of ads to unblock stories." They will allow users to pay a subscription price instead of seeing ads if you prefer that. Are you just against companies that make money? If everyone uses an ad blocker and pays no money to the sites, most sites just won't exist.

glesica 11y ago
> most sites just won't exist. I'm actually pretty OK with this. I doubt it will happen, though. There must be a better way. For example (and this is just an example from my own life), right now, the only thing I can do is block everything, there is no way for me to communicate my actual preferences to site owners. I used to white list sites I really enjoyed to give them some revenue, but with every ad network creepily tracking me, I don't do that any more. No matter how much I trust the site and respect the site, I can't trust their ad network. What if you could approve ads, but block tracking? I'll allow you to insert some content into my pages that advertises to me, but I won't let you execute JavaScript to do it. The ad is less valuable, but it is better than nothing. If I allow tracking, I see fewer ads (but get tracked), if I just allow ads, I see more ads, but don't get tracked. There are surely other, better ideas as well.
- EdwardDiego 11y ago
  > What if you could approve ads, but block tracking? I'll allow you to insert some content into my pages that advertises to me, but I won't let you execute JavaScript to do it. <img style="display:none" src="//some.ad-domain.com/pixel"> The original tracking 'technology'. JavaScript free.
  - glesica 11y ago
    Sure, but that doesn't provide any more information than any other server log.
- zem 11y ago
  google contributor is one attempt: https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/ https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/

by rcheu 11y ago

glesica 11y ago

> most sites just won't exist. I'm actually pretty OK with this. I doubt it will happen, though. There must be a better way. For example (and this is just an example from my own life), right now, the only thing I can do is block everything, there is no way for me to communicate my actual preferences to site owners. I used to white list sites I really enjoyed to give them some revenue, but with every ad network creepily tracking me, I don't do that any more. No matter how much I trust the site and respect the site, I can't trust their ad network. What if you could approve ads, but block tracking? I'll allow you to insert some content into my pages that advertises to me, but I won't let you execute JavaScript to do it. The ad is less valuable, but it is better than nothing. If I allow tracking, I see fewer ads (but get tracked), if I just allow ads, I see more ads, but don't get tracked. There are surely other, better ideas as well.

EdwardDiego 11y ago
> What if you could approve ads, but block tracking? I'll allow you to insert some content into my pages that advertises to me, but I won't let you execute JavaScript to do it. <img style="display:none" src="//some.ad-domain.com/pixel"> The original tracking 'technology'. JavaScript free.
- glesica 11y ago
  Sure, but that doesn't provide any more information than any other server log.
zem 11y ago
google contributor is one attempt: https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/ https://www.google.com/contributor/welcome/