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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by JohnJamesRambo on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:39PM (#20045822)
I mean we would be paid for viewing ads this way instead of being paid nothing as it is now, and losing all our privacy instead.

Seems like a win/win to me. Advertisers would actually pay the eyeballs that should be paid for seeing ads instead of the middleman in the attention economy. The technology in the Basic Attention Token performs all the functions instead.

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by jamiequint on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @08:51PM (#20047308)
> instead of being paid nothing as it is now

You get paid in the free content you consume as it is now. It's literally the reason you don't have to subscribe to every website you visit.

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by tty2300 on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @05:54PM (#20045969)
I get paid for working a job. I don't want any ads on my screen.
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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by Gustomaximus on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @10:29PM (#20047838)
People want free YouTube, maps, email etc.

Maybe you will pay, but the market as a whole has been very clear here. Free wins. Personally I dont mind either. I'd prefer to see ads relevant to me rather within some limitations of privacy.

I feel government needs to set the limits here rather than expect business to self regulate. Nor will the market self regulate as this is more technical than most people are interested to understand, and back to free wins.

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by dymk on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:09PM (#20046680)
"I get paid for working a job. I don't want to pay road tolls"

"I get paid for working a job. I don't want to pay the grocery store for my food"

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Re:Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions t... by tty2300 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @12:53AM (#20048511)
My point was I don't need my browser injecting extra ads that I get paid for.
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