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Advertising: the Internet's Original Sin

posted by LaminatorX on Monday August 18 2014, @11:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the TV-ate-the-apple dept.

germanbird writes:

The Atlantic has posted an interesting article on internet advertising calling it The Internet's Original Sin. Written by Ethan Zuckerman, who worked at Tripod during the birth of online ads, the article does a good job identifying the issues with relying on ads as the primary source of funding behind the internet. Ethan also speculates on some possible solutions to the problem—which mostly lean toward subscriptions as funding.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 19 2014, @05:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 19 2014, @05:54AM (#82933)
    Put up the paywalls. Subscriptions only!

    And we'll have back the internet before you advertising shitbags got here.
    And it will be BETTER.

    Amazingly enough there was a great deal here before advertising became a thing.

    I ran my bbses for free. I've run my websites for free. And if i never make a dime. I'll still do so.
    And millions will do the same. Because we like it. We enjoy it. And it's not about the money.

    So do it. Put up the paywalls.
      However we reserve the right to block you from the 'free' internet just for kicks.
      Because it's not about the money. Or you.
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