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Re:Flattr is closing down by amelius on Thursday January 18, 2024 @11:15AM (#39043552)
Maybe adblockers could take the role of microdonation platforms.

I'd pay $100/yr to have ads removed from every site I visit, and have my $100 distributed among the websites that I visit most.

Re:Flattr is closing down by mminer237 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @12:13PM (#39044398)
This is essentially Brave browser's entire proposition for its existence.
Re:Flattr is closing down by amelius on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:09PM (#39045235)
When clicking "Private advertising" on the Brave website you get:

> Powerful Ad Formats (...)

> Diversify from Big Tech channels, and get the first-mover advantage of advertising in the fastest-growing search engine since Bing. Search ads are privacy-preserving, text-based ads that appear at the top of a user’s search engine results page (SERP).

> (...)

Re:Flattr is closing down by mminer237 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @03:59PM (#39047637)
Yeah, they themselves serve ads on their search engine. That's wholly separate from Brave Rewards and you can block their ads just the same.
Re:Flattr is closing down by Workaccount2 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @11:50AM (#39044085)
Google actually used to have this as a service. They canned it a few years ago though.
Re:Flattr is closing down by renewiltord on Thursday January 18, 2024 @01:29PM (#39045588)
That was Google Contributor. It would pay min required to win the bid. Wasn't too successful. People very soon realized that you get the same for free with ad blockers.