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on Wednesday September 21 2016, @08:12AM
from the NOW-we-know-what-the-'Plus'-is dept.
from the NOW-we-know-what-the-'Plus'-is dept.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/13/12890050/adblock-plus-now-sells-ads
A story at The Verge reveals the newest plan for the company behind Adblock Plus, they are entering the ad network business. In exchange for 20% of your revenue, you can get pre-approved ads that will show to users with acceptable ads enabled. While pitched as an easier alternative to the old process of getting ads approved, the ultimate goal is the same. Now, they will get a percentage of all acceptable ads though the program. The article points out that this is one big step closer to racketeering, as they are directly taking a 6% cut. Or, as the old gangsters would say, "would you rather pay me to keep 80% of something or keep 100% of nothing?"
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @12:11AM
> There used to be (in the 90's) local papers that weren't under a couple of corporate umbrellas.
I think you over-estimate. In the 80s I lived in a state with a population under a million. There were 2 papers in the big city and then a handful of other local town papers. They we are all owned by larger companies. Sure there were more than 5 total owners, but a concentrate among rich 30 owners or rich 5 owners isn't that big of a difference.
(Score: 2) by Capt. Obvious on Thursday September 22 2016, @06:31AM
I mean, if you look at really rich groups of 30 (say, teams of sports organizers) where a lot of the wealth is illiquid, you'll see they have a far different profile than groups of 6 with more liquid wealth. See how the football group that Trump was part of, compared to the smaller group of 6 that successfully joined the NFL. Or the current NBA owners meetings vs. when Google execs are on Apple's board.