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Re:How paywalled sites permit access to visitors from social... by 35bge57dtjku on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:02AM (#14794750)
They don't get paid via ads like they used to?
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Re:How paywalled sites permit access to visitors from social... by Rjevski on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:23AM (#14794841)
Most people block ads, as a side effect of the ads being nasty and irrelevant.

Maybe they can start anew if they used bearable ads - something like The Deck (no affiliation, just an example).

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Re:How paywalled sites permit access to visitors from social... by colejohnson66 on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:58AM (#14794974)
People block ads. And for good reason. If a big website wants to make money from ads, they need to force the advertisers hand sometimes. OutBrain and Taboola are the worst.
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Re:How paywalled sites permit access to visitors from social... by donohoe on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @09:27AM (#14796330)
Bear in mind ads is just one revenue stream. There are times that ad market has collapsed and prices dropped. Having a second (or more) reliable and recurring revenue stream makes solid business sense and allows them to move away from soem of the crappier ad practices.
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