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This might be a fine solution for individuals, but of course won't help the ads/publishing industry recover from its current death spiral.
by Veuxdo 2y ago
This might be a fine solution for individuals, but of course won't help the ads/publishing industry recover from its current death spiral.
- bastawhiz 2y agoIt's not intended to help anyone who runs ads.
- Wowfunhappy 2y agoWhat is your suggested economic model for internet content? Do you prefer paywalls?
- QuadmasterXLII 2y agoWhat’s the economic model for hacker news commenters?
- decremental 2y ago[dead]
- Wowfunhappy 2y agoCommenting on Hacker News is fun. But I'm really glad the internet has professional journalists as well.
- jszymborski 2y agoYes
- bastawhiz 2y agoI tend to pay for quality content, yes.
- gedy 2y agoSomehow, TV and newspapers survived and thrived on non- targeted, not-filthy ads for decades. I'd have little problem with static ads in webpages that looked like the ones in magazines I grew up with.
- thfuran 2y agoYes, involving a third party with interests contrary to the producer or consumer of the material just adds poor incentives that inevitably lead to poor outcomes.
- cortesoft 2y agoIs it our job to figure out someone else’s business model?
- Wowfunhappy 2y agoNot per se. But I think you should in general think about the consequences of your actions. I am concerned about the future of journalism. To be clear, I also use an adblocker and I don't have any good answers.
- vundercind 2y agoWho needs more Internet content?
- BLKNSLVR 2y agoBy "help" I'm assuming you mean the same thing as what I would mean, that is: the acceleration of said death spiral.