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Cue all the people who say "Fine, then I won't ever go to Wired's site again." That's kind of the point, you know.
by pargon 11y ago
Cue all the people who say "Fine, then I won't ever go to Wired's site again."
That's kind of the point, you know.
- bcassedy 11y agoWhile there may be some benefit to avoiding free riders, that definitely is not the goal. The goal is to hopefully prevent some new installs of ad blockers with a hope that some of those existing free riders disable their ad-blockers on Wired or pay a subscription.
- jacquesm 11y agoIf that was the goal then they went about it in a piss-poor way. The problem is not the ads, the problem is the tracking.
- monkmartinez 11y agoLet them be the case study and prove all of the "welp, won't go there again" crowd wrong. I have my doubts that that blocking blockers is a wise long term strategy.
- nightski 11y agoAs long as the value proposition is there, it will work out for them. I can tell you, for me it is definitely not. In fact, I just feel bad about the opportunity cost (time) of reading one of their articles let alone actually paying to see one. If I worked at WIRED I'd be very concerned with increasing the quality of content.
- njharman 11y agoNo. They hope to force people to turn off their ad blockers.