our expanded focus on online advertising won’t be embraced by everyone in our community

you don’t say

  • rhabarba@feddit.orgOP
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    1 month ago

    Creators and journalists need money to survive, and currently, ad-supported viewing is necessary for that to happen.

    The only way out of this is to block advertising. I, personally, think that you should not have a website if you can’t pay for it yourself, but the only acceptable kind of website income is a paywall. If you just have “better advertising”, advertising will never go away. And I hate ads.

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        1 month ago

        And if everyone blocked ads and couldn’t see sites that insisted on advertising, how would that work out for the websites?

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          1 month ago

          Totally fine. That website does not at all benefit from your presence if you’re not paying them in any way (unless it’s a social media website).

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      1 month ago

      I, personally, think that you should not have a website if you can’t pay for it yourself

      You might want to consider how expensive web hosting can be, depending on the content and traffic. A belief like that can shut out a huge portion of the world from being able to even bother with a web site. Even a simple blog can get very expensive due to traffic. Maybe not expensive enough for your average 1st world individual… But that still excludes a large portion of the population with internet access.

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        1 month ago

        So? Is anyone who can’t afford one legally obliged to have a website?