Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg...
by davidcbc on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @02:12PM
(#16369823)
Be careful what you wish for, your favorite services might not exist without advertising. Sure, you might be willing to pay for the service, but would enough people be willing to pay to keep the service afloat? Probably not in a large number of cases. Advertising is the necessary evil that keeps the internet afloat.
Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg...
by hueving on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @05:09PM
(#16371288)
If my favorite services are not sustainable in a subscription model then I would rather they die off until someone more innovative finds a way to make it work without advertising.
Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg...
by euyyn on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @12:37AM
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I mean, you're always free to not browse them in that case. People that would prefer those services not to die off, can then keep using them with advertising.
Re:Chrome will stop displaying ads that are repeatedly flagg...
by thisacctforreal on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @09:23PM
(#16372912)
>Advertising is the necessary evil that keeps the internet afloat.
Disclaimer: they work for Google
Speak for yourself. I hate advertising and would rather see that whole revenue method burn to the ground and pay the $2/mo or whatever to use my favorite services.
Ads have ruined everything they have touched (radio, satellite radio, TV, cable TV, satellite TV, magazines, highway scenery, etc) and they are well into the process of ruining the internet.
In addition to bloating every site and exposing you to higher malware risk, they encourage companies to violate your privacy as much as possible and exploit psychological weaknesses to get you to buy stuff you didn't want or need to begin with.
Google's incentives are to spread this poison so they are not aligned with mine at all.