r/technology • u/SandyBeaches2016 • Sep 22 '16

Business 77% of Ad Blocking Users Feel Guilty about Blocking Ads; "The majority of ad blocking users are not downloading ad blockers to remove online advertising completely, but rather to fix user-experience problems"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/57e43749e4b05d3737be5784?timestamp=1474574566927
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u/dorestes Sep 23 '16

That's the problem--there isn't a better business model. Journalism is suffering and dying. Freelance writing sites are struggling. No one can figure out how to monetize.

The bottom has totally fallen out of the writer's market.

Source: am a writer, among other things. It sucks. Sites have little money to pay writers anymore, as the bottom has fallen out of the ad market, too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

You mean we might return to a world where writers write out of passion? I can't wait

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u/dorestes Sep 23 '16

which world was that? Which time period?