I’ll stay with my Adblocker until the services I use create ads that 1) don’t slow down my browser and 2) don’t cover my screen and 3) that are not obvious phishing attempts in some cases.
For monetization: I support my sources with regular donations if possible.
In general: Why would I go through the pain of watching ads, wasting my time? That was one of the reasons why I ditched TV 6 years ago…
I think online publishers essentially killed the golden goose. At this point I can’t imagine paying for a service like this when I can just keep using ad-block. Same thing with Google’s Contributor. I can already see it without ads, why pay?
If ad-block kills off 95% of the web, I don’t really care. The good stuff will survive as for-pay services, and the rest of the crap I won’t miss.
I looked into doing this about a year ago. I don’t think it’s feasible to buy the space on popular websites for less than $20 USD/month. This isn’t ad-block, this is buying your own cookie and targeting yourself through the ad-network infrastructure. The sites where you can buy the ad-space cheap enough to do this for dollars a month are mostly the ones where you’re busy doing something else - either enjoying some err, ‘personal time’, or trying to download Windows for a significant discount. All other sites have a CPM high enough that if you browse a lot, the cost to show you your own content through the ad-network infrastructure is high. It only makes sense to do this if you’re a company who can generate revenue off ad impressions or clicks.
I’d like an ad blocking extension that:
1) Loads the ads in the background
2) Works out how obnoxious/flashing/large they are, keeping 3 or 4 running totals for the categories.
3) Makes a contribution to the EFF (Or W3C/etc.) on my behalf for something like $0.01 * ((3 * obnoxious) + (2 * flashing) + (1 * other)). Maybe with some min/max to limit the total contribution.
I’ll stay with my Adblocker until the services I use create ads that 1) don’t slow down my browser and 2) don’t cover my screen and 3) that are not obvious phishing attempts in some cases.
For monetization: I support my sources with regular donations if possible.
In general: Why would I go through the pain of watching ads, wasting my time? That was one of the reasons why I ditched TV 6 years ago…
I think online publishers essentially killed the golden goose. At this point I can’t imagine paying for a service like this when I can just keep using ad-block. Same thing with Google’s Contributor. I can already see it without ads, why pay?
If ad-block kills off 95% of the web, I don’t really care. The good stuff will survive as for-pay services, and the rest of the crap I won’t miss.
I looked into doing this about a year ago. I don’t think it’s feasible to buy the space on popular websites for less than $20 USD/month. This isn’t ad-block, this is buying your own cookie and targeting yourself through the ad-network infrastructure. The sites where you can buy the ad-space cheap enough to do this for dollars a month are mostly the ones where you’re busy doing something else - either enjoying some err, ‘personal time’, or trying to download Windows for a significant discount. All other sites have a CPM high enough that if you browse a lot, the cost to show you your own content through the ad-network infrastructure is high. It only makes sense to do this if you’re a company who can generate revenue off ad impressions or clicks.
Even after reading the whole thing, it wasn’t clear how exactly this differs from Contributor.
It’s by someone else. :)
The major difference is that it doesn’t work just for Google ads.
Exactly, they are both paid. I was imagining this would basically be a “Pretty Photos” version of ad block.
I’d like an ad blocking extension that:
1) Loads the ads in the background
2) Works out how obnoxious/flashing/large they are, keeping 3 or 4 running totals for the categories.
3) Makes a contribution to the EFF (Or W3C/etc.) on my behalf for something like $0.01 * ((3 * obnoxious) + (2 * flashing) + (1 * other)). Maybe with some min/max to limit the total contribution.