Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements

Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements by benologist on Monday March 13, 2017 @12:00PM (#13858950)

I think Google can save ads about as effectively as AOL can save dialup. Probably their plan is to just milk advertising until the last Windows 95 computer dies too.

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Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements by sfifs on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:47PM (#13860315)

Unfortunately, ads pay for a lot of web content just like they pay for most TV content.

The 5% (of which pretty much all of HN is a part of) can probably afford to pay for the cost of creating that content. The 95%, consisting of not just hourly wagers but also salaried folks generally can't afford to. The trade off is ad supported content.

So it's very unlikely to die off.

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Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements by benologist on Monday March 13, 2017 @03:06PM (#13861208)

Something like 2/3 of millennials are blocking ads which means Google has already encountered just about everyone willing to consume their advertising. Ad-supported websites would be unprecedented if anyone really cared about them not having to find a new way to make money. Nothing truck drivers want is going to make driving trucks a career forever either.

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