Re:Ask HN: Would you ever pay to use a search engine?
by stephengillie on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @02:22PM
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Hi
You missed a 5th method, another (very annoying) hybrid: Advertise to everyone, maybe less to subscribers. The New Yorker is known for this model, among others.
To answer your poll (clarifying questions inline):
1. I would be willing to pay Google $30/year to opt-out of AdSense.
-Would I have to be logged in for the opt-out to work?
2. I would be willing to pay a Google competitor the same $30/year to have advertising-free results of equivalent quality.
-Where do you find another search engine whose results are more relevant? Do you mean having "non-personalized" results by default?
You missed a 5th method, another (very annoying) hybrid: Advertise to everyone, maybe less to subscribers. The New Yorker is known for this model, among others.
To answer your poll (clarifying questions inline):
1. I would be willing to pay Google $30/year to opt-out of AdSense.
-Would I have to be logged in for the opt-out to work?
2. I would be willing to pay a Google competitor the same $30/year to have advertising-free results of equivalent quality.
-Where do you find another search engine whose results are more relevant? Do you mean having "non-personalized" results by default?