> That fact alone increases the value of your attention.
OK, but does it increase my value to more than $150/year? I mean, just how much are people willing to pay for me to see ads?
I mean ultimately, if someone is paying $5 to show me an ad, either they're going to go bankrupt, or it's going to be pretty darn good. If paying $12 once means I'm on the "costs $5 to show this person ads" list, then that's probably still worth it. :-)
Re:YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin
by matheusmoreira on Sunday October 29, 2023 @06:17PM
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Who knows? Maybe if the value of your attention increases too much they'll socialize it among themselves or something. Instead of 1 company paying for an ad slot, 10 of them will band together and pay 1/10th of the cost to share the same slot instead. I'm sure they'll find a way.
The only way to deal with these people is to reduce their profits to zero, not come up with ways to increase them. We simply decide that ads are unacceptable and that's the end of it. They either adapt or die.