AidanExamineer wrote:Once I get to trust a website, I whitelist it.
The first time, and I mean the VERY FIRST time an ad autoplays audio, they are off the whitelist for good.
That's pretty reasonable.
SquallStrife wrote:To play devil's advocate for a moment... […]
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To play devil's advocate for a moment...
How do you all propose sites get funded? Would you pay a per-visit/monthly/yearly fee to access your favourite web sites?
Do you seriously think that all sites should just be run on donations, or even just the good will of individuals wanting to run sites?
I agree that advertising sucks. Not just on the web, but on radio and TV as well. But people want to access these services free of charge. Something has to give.
And I agree with the main issue that a lot of people have with web advertising, i.e. tracking cookies, malicious scripts, etc. I think something should be done about this.
I don't know what the solution to any of this is, though.
Yeah, keep in mind that the bigger websites are FUCKING EXPENSIVE to run. I.e., millions in development, tens of thousands of dollars per month to run (10+ people on a monthly salary, offices, business expenses...). The money has to come from somewhere. So I don't mind seeing ads, it keeps people like me from losing their jobs.
I don't like obnoxious ads, though (taking up half the scree, auto-playing video and/or audio, popups....). I think banner ads would work just fine.
philscomputerlab wrote:I don't mind ads. As a content creator, I know how much work it is to create content, and on most channels that I subscribe, I let the ad run, walk away and do something else. Then come back and rewind. It supports them and without monetizing we would have a lot of poor quality content. It's something you don't think about until you start creating your own content 😀
Yep, it's a lot of work and if you have to pay someone to do it, it's expensive. I think a lot of people don't realize how expensive it is to run websites. That's not your run-of-the-mill 10$/month hosting. Ads are a necessary evil in today's web. I'd rather have ads than pay for every website I visit.