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Re:Firefox: The Effect of Ad Blocking on User Engagement wit... by 3K7m7bUZyWA1KCD on Sunday September 30, 2018 @02:35PM (#18107590)
I doubt even 10% of European citizens would pay even 5$ per year for that as long there are adblockers.

Now, if the content is worth it, that's different story. There have always been subscription based websites (e.g. forums with pay-to-upgrade schemes).

Why webmasters and advertisers haven't yet perfected and adopted server-side ad injections is beyond me.

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Re:Firefox: The Effect of Ad Blocking on User Engagement wit... by kardos on Sunday September 30, 2018 @02:37PM (#18107606)
> Why webmasters and advertisers haven't yet perfected and adopted server-side ad injections is beyond me.

Because then the advertisers have to trust the webmasters to actually show the ads and not inflate the numbers, etc

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