Re:Apple's privacy feature costs ad companies millions
by naravara on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @05:06PM
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>No ad revenue, no free content. Get ready for paywalls everywhere.
I'm fine with that. Let the media get its money by providing content that I like and want to pay for instead of by trying to game social media clicks.
Most of the "content" online is the reading equivalent of junk-food anyway.
Besides, there is a version of an ad supported economy that is actually respectful towards your users. You just do sponsored posts and unobtrusive banners. That's fine for small time outfits.
The big barrier with paying for content isn't that I can't part with the change to read an article that piques my interest. It's that I don't want to hand over payment information to any random website. Both for security reasons and because it's a giant hassle. Fix that problem and you're good.
I'm fine with that. Let the media get its money by providing content that I like and want to pay for instead of by trying to game social media clicks.
Most of the "content" online is the reading equivalent of junk-food anyway.
Besides, there is a version of an ad supported economy that is actually respectful towards your users. You just do sponsored posts and unobtrusive banners. That's fine for small time outfits.
The big barrier with paying for content isn't that I can't part with the change to read an article that piques my interest. It's that I don't want to hand over payment information to any random website. Both for security reasons and because it's a giant hassle. Fix that problem and you're good.