I like how Google doesn't remove ads from it's own sites
Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
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Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#32Good idea, extremely poor execution. Nobody is going to want to use it if different sites are charging you different amounts per page. People want predictable bills.
Completely disagree. I want to be able to pay more for quality content and pay less for buzzfeed articles. I want content creators to be able to charge based on the the content they are producing. I prefer a world where I can stop in a fine dining restaurant or a fast-food place, get the experience I want and be charged appropriately. I don't want a top of the line steak-house to have to find a way to serve my meal,…
Having choices is all well and good, but I worry that making the pricing hard to predict will reduce the reach of this feature. But I guess they are only expecting a small subset of users to use it anyway.
Why not let the users choose what they want to pay? Because Google needs this to be net-positive for their revenue, but it would be a much better web if there was some kind of mechanism to automatically give small amounts of money (say 1/10th of a cent per page view) to site owners.
Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#33Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#34This doesn't seem that useful to me as only a small number of sites (none of which I visit) support it.
Hypothetical question: If I were allowed to bid on my own ad impressions - and if I won an auction, no ad would be shown - how much would it cost a month for me to see no adverts? (I realize this is heavily dependent upon the type of sites that are involved, so I guess take the average HN user as an example).
Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#35I already have an ad removal pass, it's called uBlock origin.
I use uBlock too - it's great. Sometimes a site will have an obnoxious popover or something that's usually relatively easy to create a rule for, but generally it works, and in combination with Ghostery I'm confident it's protecting me from most tracking, which is what I really want to avoid.
However it is an ethical dilemma, especially in a World where Contributor exists. Content is not free, hosting is not free, development and the application of security patches is not free. Currently sites are monetised using ads, and by using uBlock you're getting for free something that is not free. You are also inevitably causing people who do not have uBlock to 'pay' more, or contributing to putting the site out of business.
While Contributor obviously doesn't prevent Google from tracking your every step, and I'll still take steps to avoid data harvesting, I'll be buying it the moment it's available on any of the sites I read regularly.
Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#36Good idea, extremely poor execution. Nobody is going to want to use it if different sites are charging you different amounts per page. People want predictable bills.
Completely disagree. I want to be able to pay more for quality content and pay less for buzzfeed articles. I want content creators to be able to charge based on the the content they are producing. I prefer a world where I can stop in a fine dining restaurant or a fast-food place, get the experience I want and be charged appropriately. I don't want a top of the line steak-house to have to find a way to serve my meal,…
It's interesting you mention Buzzfeed because actually this price per page per site model doesn't work for them, at all - you'd need to be even more granular. They have both high quality journalistic content and those viral listicles all on buzzfeed.com - it'd be impossible to use a flat price per page sensibly.
Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#37Maybe if Google went with "Pay us $10 per month for us not to show you any AdSense anywhere on the web", this would be successful. In this form, I highly doubt it.
Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#38This comes just after the BAT ICO? Interesting
Do you really think that Google cares about somebody's niche blockchain tech? Google Contributor is older than the whole ICO fad and has just been overhauled.
Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#39This doesn't seem that useful to me as only a small number of sites (none of which I visit) support it. Hypothetical question: If I were allowed to bid on my own ad impressions - and if I won an auction, no ad would be shown - how much would it cost a month for me to see no adverts? (I realize this is heavily dependent upon the type of sites that are involved, so I guess take the average HN user as an example).
The old version of Google contributor did exactly that, it cost around 7$ a month.
Re: Google Contributor: Buy an ad removal pass for the web
#40I already have an ad removal pass, it's called uBlock origin.
I use uBlock too - it's great. Sometimes a site will have an obnoxious popover or something that's usually relatively easy to create a rule for, but generally it works, and in combination with Ghostery I'm confident it's protecting me from most tracking, which is what I really want to avoid. However it is an ethical dilemma, especially in a World where Contributor exists. Content is not free, hosting is not free, dev…
I want a UBlock where in place of ads a single micro tipping facility is inserted. Maybe the website can remember this for the future, etc.
I've done a few PayPal tips but it's just too clunky / unfit for purpose.