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| Topic | There is something rage-inducing about anti-adblock guilt-tripping... |
| Dikitain 04/06/17 8:00:53 AM #20: | darkknight109 posted... The problem is, for many sites, ads are literally their only form of income. Consider Youtube, for instance - you get a shit-tonne of content and you don't have to pay a dime. The only way that the creators get any money at all from their videos is via ad revenue (ignoring merchandising and sponsorship deals, which are really only a major option for channels that are already extremely successful) and the main way Youtube gets compensated for the significant expenditures to host that many videos is ads (though, in their case, they also get some money from selling information about you and your viewing habits). Counterpoint: Patreon. I know most people say "Why would you pay for free content?" but honestly if you like content creators then you should consider it. $1 a month is not a lot, and a lot of content creators have said that if even 10% of their viewers contribute to their Patreon, then they would make more money then they would from ad revenue if everyone wasn't using an ad blocker. And if we are talking about Youtube making money (which they don't, Google operates Youtube at a loss) then just have the content creators with a successful Patreon pay some money to host their content on Youtube. Personally, I would rather pay for the content I am getting then sit though a 30 second ad every 10-15 minutes of video I watch. --- I am a senior software engineer. If you see me post here, I am tired of writing TPS reports. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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