The ad-based internet is dying, and it's getting worse in the process [video]

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makestuff wrote: post #285

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> Every time an article on here is posted the first comment is a link to archive.is. Friction matters. Making an online payment is a slow 10 step procedure currently. If it was a single effortless click it would certinaly be used more. Kind of how arcade machines worked

That’s actually a really good point. I think I would be much more open to loading $100/mo or whatever into some account and then just one click “show me this article”. It could even use the same ad tech we already have with impression pixels. The impression is fired and on the backend it is deducted from your account. I guess the issue becomes you will never have one solution and each website will integrate with diff…