Cant imagine that anyone blocking ads wouldnt also block this
Some people block ads because they don't like the tracking that comes with it.
When asked to add a site to the whitelist to support it the downside is that you will be tracked.
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#12I love this idea, congratulations on the launch.
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#13I really like this. Not 100% sure how much a user can actually earn in say a 30 minute period but definitely going to try and add this as a form of monetisation in one of my sites and see how users respond.
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#14If this is not clearly opt-in I wish those responsible for using it on their site a slow and painful death.
Performance and bloat in browsers are a huge problem and having this constantly running in the background (without consent) is an absolute nightmare.
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#15How much does this earn per user per minute, on average?
Any estimtes?
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#16If this is not clearly opt-in I wish those responsible for using it on their site a slow and painful death. Performance and bloat in browsers are a huge problem and having this constantly running in the background (without consent) is an absolute nightmare.
network calls for tracking and ads is already a huge performance problem on most sites, but it is still a thing
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#17How much does this earn per user per minute, on average? Any estimtes?
to earn 0.01 USD you need 1MH at the moment. In my browser I can generate 25H/S so about 44 days on one browser to generate 1$
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#18Cant imagine that anyone blocking ads wouldnt also block this
Why? It isn't an ad. Most users block ads because they find ads annoying, not because of script bloat.
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#20If this is not clearly opt-in I wish those responsible for using it on their site a slow and painful death. Performance and bloat in browsers are a huge problem and having this constantly running in the background (without consent) is an absolute nightmare.
network calls for tracking and ads is already a huge performance problem on most sites, but it is still a thing
No reason not to treat it just as badly as attempts to mine bitcoin off your CPU. Both of those waste your resources, for someone else's profits, without your consent.