<story><title>Designing an audio adblocker</title><url>https://www.adblockradio.com/blog/2018/11/15/designing-audio-ad-block-radio-podcast/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>brucemoose</author><text>This makes me wonder, what are other viable revenue sources for content creators besides ads?&lt;p&gt;Personally I don&amp;#x27;t mind listening to a few ads on a podcast because I assume it is helping the creator cover their living expenses so that they may continue creating content that I enjoy.  And spoken ads (hopefully) are not tracking me, although I suppose there are ways to overlay inaudible tones that other devices can pick up, etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>packet_nerd</author><text>I find ads in general, and particularly audio ones, to be a super annoying cognitive burden. I have to interrupt my train of thought and consciously block the message they&amp;#x27;re trying to pipe into my brain.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m happy to pay for things if its low friction and reasonably priced, but will never accept being advertised to (in any form really, but especially audio and video ads).&lt;p&gt;An audio adblocker seems like a great thing, and I&amp;#x27;m excited about this. If enough of us use it, hopefully we can force creators to abandon ads and find a model where they work for us, not the ad companies.&lt;p&gt;I wish there was a way to block billboards too. Back when google was making google glass, I thought it&amp;#x27;d be possible to block out billboard advertisements someday.. to bad that didn&amp;#x27;t work. Or, just move to a state that bans them, I guess.</text></comment>
<story><title>Designing an audio adblocker</title><url>https://www.adblockradio.com/blog/2018/11/15/designing-audio-ad-block-radio-podcast/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>brucemoose</author><text>This makes me wonder, what are other viable revenue sources for content creators besides ads?&lt;p&gt;Personally I don&amp;#x27;t mind listening to a few ads on a podcast because I assume it is helping the creator cover their living expenses so that they may continue creating content that I enjoy.  And spoken ads (hopefully) are not tracking me, although I suppose there are ways to overlay inaudible tones that other devices can pick up, etc.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jniedrauer</author><text>&amp;gt; what are other viable revenue sources for content creators besides ads?&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t mind paying content creators directly. I do mind allowing them to commodify parts of my mind.</text></comment>