Billy believes in adblocking
Billy believes in adblocking
I've been informed that adblock plus sort of sucks now. If you're looking for one, go for UBlock Origin.
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I'd be really curious how much my internet use "costs" to advertisers and if I could/would pay that amount instead.
Like, the advertiser paid $0.0005 to serve that ad to me so I'll just pay that amount directly to the site and not be served the ad. Just incorporate it into my internet bill and I'd pay just like I do for power or gas. And would my willingness to not see ads make me more or less valuable to advertisers and affect the math?
I don't like the subscription model as it seems like the price point isn't based on actual cost at all and like they're double-dipping by still selling my info. Charge me the actual cost plus a reasonable profit margin of 10%-20%. How much would that be? Is advertising really so valuable that I wouldn't be willing to pay that amount? If so, are advertisers overselling the efficacy of their product?
Or we could just block the ads and tell them to fuck off.
Or they could just block you and tell you to fuck off
Go the other way and create anti advertising. Every time an ad invades your time, create your own ad like how you think it tastes like cancer or that you think this podcast broke up your marriage.
I'll be honest and say I don't really understand what you are trying to convey.
I'm opposed to ads. I think they have taken over far too much of our lives. If advertising works by invading all our spaces and free time unchecked then wouldn't leaving comments on those ads saying how annoyed you are with these products not counter act the encroaching mass advertisements. I think it would.
I think if people fought back against ads we could get some cool spaces back. Or at least stem this insane concept that every free space with a single eyeball gazing at it must be sold to someone hawking crap.
Reddit went to shit chasing ads. Twitter, YouTube, all of them turn to shit and manipulative doom scrolling ways so they can sell advertise space to us. Fuck them.
You might be interested in subvertising which actively works to reclaim the spaces invaded by advertising.
One could, in theory, download the posters and put them up over the relentlessly shite, unasked for adverts that permeate every part of your city. One could even buy a key which opens certain advert spaces - such as bus stops - and replace them with any image of your choosing. Obviously this is illegal and no one would ever do this, however, I assume wearing a hi-vis vest and beanie hat would work surprisingly well when not doing this illicit activity. Also, complain about the hourly rates if questioned and you'll absolutely be left alone.
These are brilliant. Thanks for the link :)
No worries man! Yeah, they're fantastic
Haha love it. That's shit I like to see. Is it not weird to anybody else that it hasn't? Like we all respect ads like they don't exist even though we're living like roddy Popper in "they live"
You get an ad for diet pills, and then instead of moving on with your life, create an ad saying those diet pills cause cancer and get those ads served in a vain hope to kill the initial ad.
There were some microtransaction services that sort of worked like this. I think one was called Flattr? I don't know how well they actually worked or what happened to them.
I keep thinking that it might be a great way to do a website. As long as you have the content to make it worth it
But just super micro transactions, it charges fractions of cents for the things you do on it and doesn't even charge until you hit a threshold. People could still use the site for free but once you have done enough in it, boom it shows you that you have enjoyed the site and asks for like $4. It would also help you recognize how much you use the site and get people to somewhat curb their time if they want.
Subscription works for like video platforms that makes curated content but otherwise I'd love to do a pay as I go to know I'm supporting them.