I tried to contact some media sites a month ago because I was creating that service. No one even replied my email. I do not think they are even interested in it.
It's a lost cause unless if you can get someone like Murdoch in as an investor.
There would already be a unified subscription service if there would be a real demand for it.
Re:Show HN: Let's encourage ad blocking
by oneeyedpigeon on Friday March 04, 2016 @02:09PM
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As ad-blocking becomes more common, demand for a unified subscription service grows. Hopefully, it's feasible, because I think it would be a wonderful thing. Some subscription services, which remove ads, are doing pretty well as far as I can tell; Twitch is the obvious one that springs to mind.
And after a few years it would end up being similar to cable tv.
It started offering «more and better content» without ads, because you already paid a subscription. And once they had enough users and content, they added ads. Whats stopping those websites from doing the same?
The internet is in need of a unified subscription service. One that you can pay a monthly fee and see as many ad supported websites as you want, without ads.