Re:The Obsolescence of Advertising in the Information Age (2...
by ravenstine on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:17AM
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Maybe, but I think part of the solution is to convince more people to block ads. Most people I know still don't have an adblocker, even though modern ad blockers have been around over 15 years. I think they need to get over the fact that it's not immoral to block ads when those ads not only destroy the experience of the internet but also are often outright scams that Google and the like are complicit with. If the punishment for having overly aggressive and deceptive ads was that the average person blocks the ads, the bar for where ads start to lose money becomes far lower. Most legitimate content creators these days take subscriptions directly, have preroll sponsor ads, or sell merch. If ads make up the majority of the money you take in, what you're peddling probably isn't worth much on its own.
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Re:The Obsolescence of Advertising in the Information Age (2...
by tifadg1 on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @11:39AM
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That seems akin to an 'ethical' approach to ads. But as always with ethical products that are competing in a common market, how do you prevent cut-throat/unethical competitors from dominating the market if they have better engagement, conversion rates due to more aggressive/deceptive/manipulative techniques?