Re:I decided to disable AMP on my site
by quadrangle on Monday June 26, 2017 @03:06PM
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~~consumers~~ (nay, citizens) prefer to have no ads or subscription costs etc.
The fact is: ad-based model just puts the burden on those most susceptible to advertising. It's similar enough to funding schools through state lotteries in that the money comes from somewhere or the results go underfunded, and if you accept state-run lotteries or anything that looks even slightly like today's ad-based internet, you are talking about a funding source that is deeply and fundamentally unethical.
Re:I decided to disable AMP on my site
by abritinthebay on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:22AM
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You say that, but time after time user behavior shows they'll go to the ad supported version.
See also: mobile. You have to totally gameify things to get micropayments to work.
I mean, if you want that for websites, sure... but if you think clickbait is bad now...
Re:I decided to disable AMP on my site
by quadrangle on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @09:54PM
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"but" is not appropriate. You aren't contradicting anything I said. I'd agree with you completely, but your points are only "and" from my post, not "but".
There are no micro payments out there that would support the site. You'd need to charge something like 0.0005 cents per view. No currency exchange supports something small. In reality, it would make people money. The consumer could limit their account to $20/m.
On the other hand, micropayment would freeze out poor people.
The only realistic way that I see forward are the ad networks (and this includes Google) setting lower maximum payload sizes for ads. Obviously sites can push back on quality and size but it's a hard metric to track consistently given how ad networks serve things.