Re:Ad blockers are part of the problem
by omginternets on Monday November 21, 2016 @03:04PM
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Okay, but businesses don't want to spend money on irrelevant ads, so no deal. However, there are services you can pay for and enjoy without ads and tracking. You should do that.
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Re:Ad blockers are part of the problem
by pavel_lishin on Monday November 21, 2016 @03:35PM
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I'm currently helping subsidize some content creators via Patreon, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of content I consume.
I wish one of those "pay $X/month into a bucket, distribute that bucket among all the content you consume proportionally" schemes would actually take off and work.
Re:Ad blockers are part of the problem
by omginternets on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @01:56PM
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Call my selfish (I probably am, but I think it's representative of the market), but I'd rather just block ads and consume the content for free.
From a game-theoretical perspective, it's the only smart move for me. This is why ad-blockers aren't going away any time soon.