If they add some little visual perk, like an icon next to your youtube name, I bet popularity in this would grow.
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#12The biggest problem of this is that it only works on Google's ads, but there are far more obnoxious ads that will result in the user wanting and installing an adblocker anyway, and then why bother with Contributor?
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#13So with this system, the same amount of space is still taken up by ads? I don't think that's really a huge improvement.
I think my ideal system would be something where a website can offer a bitcoin* address in a header, and at the end of the month my browser randomly picks a set of addresses it's seen, and sends money to them. (In conjunction with current ad-blocking technology.)
* Bitcoin probably wouldn't work due to transaction limits, but maybe some sort of sidechain, alternative coin, or something similar.
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#14> This is cool for several reasons: 4. Google gets paid, rather than all the money going to the actual website.
They are facilitating the entire process, processing the credit cards, cutting checks, sending tax forms... Even bitcoin transactions have fees.
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#15This is cool, but would it work on my Android browser (which is my main point of contention with ads)?
It works anywhere a Google ad works.
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#16This is fascinating. Business model: annoy people so much that they pay you to stop annoying them.
Everybody's been talking about the death of display ads, and it looks like Google's paying attention and trying to figure out how to marginalize the ad itself, but still take money on the transaction.
Eventually, Google could probably marginalize the ad so much that there are only a rare few display ads left online, and Google has cleverly tricked us into keeping that industry aloft, essentially paying to keep something we hate alive.
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#17I have always thought, the extra packets received by ads add up to my internet bills. Now I can serve a blank page and save some data. ;)
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#18In terms of generating-revenue-without-running-ads, I do think Patreon is still a better option, as it both provides a consistent, nonseasonal revenue source for the author and content guarantees for the user; a win-win in both cases.
Google Contributor is more of a charitable option which might be too subtle.
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#19So with this system, the same amount of space is still taken up by ads? I don't think that's really a huge improvement. I think my ideal system would be something where a website can offer a bitcoin* address in a header, and at the end of the month my browser randomly picks a set of addresses it's seen, and sends money to them. (In conjunction with current ad-blocking technology.) * Bitcoin probably wouldn't work due…
Or, even better, gave a proportional amount based on the amount you've visited. Better yet, give a Humble-Bundle-like distribution slider to allow you to alter it by preferences ("HN already has funding, give all of my BTC to individual bloggers they've linked...").
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#20So with this system, the same amount of space is still taken up by ads? I don't think that's really a huge improvement. I think my ideal system would be something where a website can offer a bitcoin* address in a header, and at the end of the month my browser randomly picks a set of addresses it's seen, and sends money to them. (In conjunction with current ad-blocking technology.) * Bitcoin probably wouldn't work due…
Someone could probably build a browser plugin to at least keep track and divvy up money. The real problem is people say they want to support sites but they really don't want to see ads or support the site.